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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Tea shortage warning as climate crisis sees production plummet and prices soar

Kenyan growers who produce black tea for British supermarket shelves have warned that climate impacts are damaging crop harvests and further diminishing their already "scarce" household incomes.

The East African nation currently provides half of all black tea consumed across Britain, but local farmers face increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, lower crop yields and quality, alongside escalating operational expenses over recent years.

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