Some feel the quality of tea plucked by machines is not the best as there are specifications that a machine cannot meet. When you do hand plucking, only the best buds are picked. In the run-up to ...

Tea workers at Sepoydhura, Darjeeling, perform a traditional ritual to start tea leaf plucking this season on Thursday Picture by Passang Yolmo Several tea workers across Darjeeling refused to work on ...

For the best experience ... Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), one of the major tea buyers, had recommended that a farmer should pluck just two leaves and a bud which are said to produce ...