Welcome to The Tea Board of Kenya
The Tea Board of Kenya is mandated to license tea manufacturing factories; carry out of research on tea through its technical arm, the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya; the register growers, buyers, brokers, packers, management agents and any other person dealing in tea; and promote Kenya tea in both the local and the international markets. The Board also disseminates information relating to tea and advises the Government of all policy matters regarding the tea industry.
News Highlights
The road to the ePortal platform for the Kenya tea industry is now in top gear. Following the commissioning of the project early this year by TBK in partnership with Trade Mark East Africa, Rafica Limited was engaged to provide consultancy services in developing and deploying the online e-Portal. More ground has been covered in the preparatory stages of system development by the consultant.
November 28, 2012[ Read more ]
Although Kenya is ranked third in annual tea production after China and India, she has the highest productivity (yield per hectare) compared to other major tea growing regions worldwide .This is attributable to deployment of appropriate Research and Development technologies in the production value chain as spearheaded by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya (TRFK).
November 28, 2012[ Read more ]
Processed tea is one of the most popular beverages. The chemical composition of the tea shoots and the reactions during processing determine the nature and quality of the finished product
November 28, 2012[ Read more ]
