Features and Characteristics of Malawi Tea

• Plain (without aroma) coppery red in appearance, infuse leaf Liquor being bright strong brisk and taking milk well
• Sweet flowery aroma and light fruity taste
• Sweet floral tones and flavour of crisp red apples
• Gentle aroma of soft rose petals and sweet, soft nutty undertones

Varieties of Tea in Malawi

• White Tea
• Green Tea
• Specialty Tea
• Oolong Tea
• Black Tea

Important benefits of Tea

• Tea boost exercise endurance
• Reduce the risk of heart attack.
• protect against a boatload of cancers
• Tea helps fight free radicals.
• Tea is hydrating to the body
• Drinking tea is linked with a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease.
• Beneficial to people with Type 2 diabetes.
• Green tea improves bone mineral density and strength.
• Prevention and treatment of neurological diseases, especially degenerative diseases (think Alzheimer’s).

The role and status of the product in the Malawi export

• Tea ranks 4th in the export basket of Malawi
• In the 2013 export was $11.9 million
• Between 15 600 to 35000 tonnes
• Account for 3 percert of world export of tea

Who produces the product and at what scale it is produced

• Commercial farmers at large scale
• Smallholder farmers small scale which normally sales to large commercial farmers

Location of production or favourable topography

• Lowlands plateaus of Nyika,Viphya and Shire highlands

The capacity of Malawi in producing and supplying product

• About 43,000 tonnes as of 2012