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Tea grown along contours of a slope in our tea farm at Kamunyaka in central province, there is a person picking tea, these picture was taken at 11 in the morning, tea picking is done early morning to avoid the wilting and damage of the tea leaves by the hot equator sun.
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Tea factory at Gachege in central province Kenya, this new facility is property of KTDA which is a co-op of tea farmers, the tea produced in our farm at Kamunyaka, is transported aprox 7 miles by truck to this processing plant.
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Young teenage girl carrying a tea picking basket. The tea basket is carried on ones back and the manually picked tea leaves are tossed over the shoulder into the basket. Most teenage kids pick tea on the weekend as away of earning a little pocket money.
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A sign board outside the Gachege tea processing plant with address. KTDA is a farmer owned company that runs all the processing plants, teas are identified by what processing plant they originated.
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Tea processing inside the processing plant,processing is done using one rotovane and three crush, tear and curling(CTC )machines.
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Road leading to the Tea processing plant, notice the cement road, due to heavy rains and steep hills regular tarmac is not used because it deteriorates fast.
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This shot was taken from behind the tea processing plant, the foregroud is a typical rural Kenyan shopping center.
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A young farm stands waiting on the road to the factory, farmers collect their pay from the factory.
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People picking tea in the farm, you might not be able to see it but the woman in the photo is hanging the basket by a strap on top of her head. the baskets get pretty heavy especially scince tea picking is done in the early morning when the leaves are still covered by dew, most tea pickers are done picking tea by 12 PM.
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Our tea farms are small scale, where possible, we also plant food crops like corn or even pineapples. In this picture note where the corn and pineapple growing gives way to tea.
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