Hi Nigel ,

We are a big Tea producers & exporter in Vietnam.
Could you pls give me some email addr from who are interested in
importing all CTC Black Tea and Green tea also.
We are looking for new buyers from new market.
Appreciate your good gestures with us.

Awaiting for your reply at: or


Nigel viết:
> Michael; enlightenment -
>
> KTDA is not a government organisation - it was privatized in 2001 and
> is now a limited company owned by its shareholders many of whom are the
> 430,000 (yes 430,000!) small farmers whose tea the KTDA processes and
> markets and to whom it shares the profits. KTDA does not have
> plantations - each member farmer has on average less than an acre of
> tea but these bushes and land are solely owned and managed by himself
> and his family - private enterprise par excellence. Total production
> of the small farmers is around 200,000 tonnes of CTC tea -around 65% of
> all Kenyan tea (and about 50 tonnes of Orthodox tea - I put in this
> single Orthodox line in 2003). KTDA manages some 60 tea factories to
> process all this tea, but the factories are also private companies
> owned by their shareholders, and again many of these shares are owned
> by small tea farmers. KTDA tea is certainly the best in Kenya as the
> farmers pluck much "finer" than the plantation sector represented by
> Unilever, Brooke Bond, Finlay, and Linton Park.
>
> Most tea is indeed either CTC or Orthodox in the ratio 60:40 globally.
> A very small amount of tea (5%?) is made by the LTP process (Lawrie Tea
> Processor - mainly in Malawi) and the SVTP process (Sniechowski
> Vertical Tea Processor - mainly in Argentina) - but the teas they
> produce are virtually indistinguishable from CTC teas. Orthodox teas
> include those made with Rolling Tables and/or Rotorvanes. Hand Rolled
> Teas (of which I am a devotee) are a sub set of Orthodox.
>
> Nigel at Teacraft
>
>
>
> On Oct 25, 11:54 am, Michael Plant > wrote:
> > much snipping
> >
> > > There is much propaganda and disinformation in the tea industry fed to
> > > ultimate consumers like your goodself about such matters. There are
> > > essentially two types of MAJOR tea production methods in the world:
> > > "CTC" (of the KTDA variety) and "Orthodox" (of the Sri Lankan and the
> > > other Asian lesser quality origins including such as the Indian and
> > > Chinese varieties). Should you like to sample a trial order of the
> > > latter as well, it is a frighteningly different cup and far preferred
> > > by tea professionals. For that, go directly to Sri Lanka's largest
> > > producer Dilmah athttp://www.dilmahtea.com- their tea website is far
> > > more awesome than any on earth. AND they'll ship to your exact taste
> > > prefs if you provide them with the sort of liquor your palette prefers.
> > > -jdHi jd,
> >
> > Putting aside the issue of bigger is not necessarily better, is the world of
> > tea production really divided neatly into but two MAJOR categories; CTC and
> > Orthodox? I've actually heard this before. Can we say of this, that if it
> > isn't CTC, it's Orthodox by definition?
> >
> > I'm happy to hear about the success of Kenyan tea since it must, I hope,
> > provide income to many thousands of workers. Would you share a little bit
> > about working conditions on tea plantations in Kenya. Thanks.
> >
> > Michael