Considering the Bateleur Camp At Kichwa Tembo in Nairobi?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Nairobi:
Tea plantations by grets
A little further along we came across a tea plantation. Again this was a first for us, and we found it very interesting, hearing all about how the plant is grown, when and how it is picked and how it is processed to become the little bags we put into a mug of hot water in the mornings.Although it can reach a height of ten metres if left uncultivated, tea shrubs are usually kept to a manageable height for the pickers to reach over the canopy to harvest the young shoots. Every five days the three most recent shoots are picked as they are considered the youngest and most tender for commercial processing. Tea has been used for medicinal purposes in China since 2737 BC, but did not become popular as a drink in Europe until 1610 AD
