date:Oct 15, 2012
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The quality of Ugandan teas is low. That is a fact, really, says George Ssekitoleko of the Uganda Tea Association, explaining that Ugandan teas are mainly for blending. When our tea goes to Mombasa, that is the end of it being called Ugandan tea. That is where it disappears. It is all blended with other teas, and it goes out as Kenyan tea, mainly.
One of the main problems facing Ugandan teamakers, he says, is finding enough workers to pluck tea leaves by hand.
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