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Why purple tea bubble has burst

Horera Tea Company founder Robert Murimi picks Purple tea at his farm in Ragati, Mathira West within Nyeri County, August 12, 2019. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

When the Tea Research Institute announced in 2009 that it had developed a purple variety of tea, which could fetch as much as Sh2,000 per kilo, it was music to the ears of farmers.

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