Scotland's only single estate grower celebrates first harvest
Kinnettles Farm in Angus, Scotland's only single estate tea farm, introduced its first commercial tea harvest. Despite a very low yield of just a few pounds, the owner is proud of years of research and experimentation that went into it, and expects a bigger crop next year. Having noticed similarities in climate with Englands most famous Tregothnan tea estate in Cornwall, Susie Walker-Munro embarked on a project that involved a lot of experimentation with tea plants, soil, water and processing. This lead to a total of 2 kilograms for the 2015 harvest, which is sold at Edinburgh's PekoeTea shops for £50 for a 20-gram tin. The companys hope is to bring prices down dramatically as yields increase.