NPR’s morning edition featured a podcasted interview at the Mombassa Tea Auction by Gwen Thompkins – In Kenya, Tea Auction Steeped In Tradition, Gentility.
This gives you a feel for the traditional method of auctioning teas, which has occurred weekly for many years.
While many teas from Kenya are CTC, they do offer some limited, high quality, whole leaf tea, including oolong and black teas. Kenyan teas are bold and distinct from teas from India and Sri Lanka. In our retail environment, we felt it was beneficial to offer teas from a variety of countries to demonstrate its true international appeal and heritage.
At the retail level, Infusions of Tea (www.infusionsoftea.com) offers a Kenya Black. At the wholesale level, Kopius Teas (www.kopiusteas.com) has brought in some excellent Kenya oolongs and blacks. If you have some other suggestions on where to purchase or learn about Kenya teas, comment us here.
