Myanmar authorities are preparing to export organic green tea to Germany in September (U Hla Baw, President of Pindaya Tea Cluster (PTC)

Organic green tea will be exported to Germany in September according by U Hla Baw, president of Pindaya Tea Cluster (PTC).

1.5 tonne of green tea, which includes the “Shwe Pi Oo” and “Moe” variants are up for export, he went on.

“We sent our green tea sample to Germany since 2016 . But  the result of laboratory was not good.They told us that the tea gave a rather smokey fragrant. Thus, we modified our product and send it again. Things turned out alright so we can export green tea to Germany.”

PTC has set the price of green tea at K15,000 per viss (1.6 kilogrammes) for sale to Germany; the current local price is around K12,000 per viss.

On the eastern front, Palaung tea grower and sellers association is preparing to export green tea products to China.

“We received offer from Chinese green tea traders and we have already sent a sample. But this year the production of the tea is a little due to unfavourable weather condition,” U Thein Htwe, secretary of Palaung tea grower and sellers association, commented.

“We expect to get the green tea price K15000-K25000 per viss.”

The majority of the tea leaves farm are facing a scarcity of tea growers as the workers in middle Myanmar are turning away from the tea plantations due to low salary.

Most of the tea leaves are harvested naturally and no fertilisers or insecticides are used. Around 300 viss of tea leaves can be produced annually from one acre. 

The tea is named after the time of the harvest - “Shwe Pi Oo” is harvested during March and April , “Khar Kan” during May and June , “Moe” in July and September, and “Hnin Thit” in November and December.

(The Myanmar Times: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/myanmar-export-green-tea-germany.html )

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