Trouble brewing for British cuppa as climate change threatens tea production
Tea-growing countries such as Kenya face more erratic rainfall and rising temperatures, a report from Christian Aid warns.
Climate change is putting the much-loved British cuppa at risk as extreme weather and rising temperatures hit tea-growing countries, a report warns.
The UK and Ireland drink more tea per person than any other countries in the world, with Kenya alone producing half the black tea drunk in the UK.
But a report from Christian Aid warns that Kenya, the world’s biggest exporter of black tea, faces more erratic rainfall, making floods and droughts more common, and rising temperatures.
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| 11 May 2021 2:08 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: A new report from the charity Christian Aid on Monday showed that India along with other tea producing nations, are facing a host of climate related impacts such as rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, droughts and new insect infestations.
With its crucial role in the global market, the fate of the Indian tea sector has a major effect on tea drinkers around the world.
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The British cuppa is at grave risk from climate change, a report warns.
Kenya, which produces half the black tea drunk in Britain, faces more floods, droughts and rising temperatures, Christian Aid says.
Beyond ruining the lives of countless tea growers, the report says optimal conditions for Kenyan tea production will be slashed by 26 per cent by 2050.
The traditional British cup of tea is at risk because of climate change, according to a report
Richard Koskei, 72, a tea farmer from Kenya’s Western Highlands, said: ‘We cannot predict seasons anymore… if this continues then it will make growing tea much harder.’