The Real Value of a Cup of Tea
Coffee addict Dan Saladino sets out to understand what a cup of tea is really worth. Do we pay enough?
In south west India, food writer Vanessa Kimbell gets up close to the leaf and hears the reality of a hard day\u2019s work from a team of tea pluckers 6000 metres above sea level. From there we move to the Assam region in the north east to hear about an investigation into working conditions on a tea plantation.
Will Battle, author of the World Tea Encyclopedia and a professional tea taster, explains how the global demand for tea has shaped where it\u2019s grown and how it\u2019s traded.
Next, after the long journey from field to cup \u2013 what\u2019s the best way to consume a cuppa? Tea tutor Caroline Hope is visited by people from all over the world to learn how the British drink tea.
Finally, we enter a new realm of tea-drinking. Tim Doffay of Postcard Teas in London tells us about some of the world\u2019s most expensive brews.
(Photo: Cup of tea and saucer with gold spoon. Credit: Getty Creative)