Tea Tales From Tea Gardens Of Scotland - The Scots Magazine
We chat to Pinkie Methven, one of the nine ladies growing 100% Scottish tea as part of the collective Tea Gardens Of Scotland...
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We chat to Pinkie Methven, one of the nine ladies growing 100% Scottish tea as part of the collective Tea Gardens Of Scotland...
Submitting... The tea was grown on farmland but also in domestic gardens in Perthshire, Fife, Angus and Kincardineshire. Tea consultant Beverly Wainwright admitted growing conditions for tea in Scotland were “far from ideal”, with a “very short growing season, harsh winters and low light levels”, which, we feel, is perhaps laying it on just a little bit thick. Scottish weather may not be closely associated with glorious sunshine, but steady on. However, Wainwright added that the use of sheltered, walled gardens had enabled the small plantations to start to flourish, with the first tea...