Fear is rife at the auction that if the trend persists, farmers will be unable to earn sustainable income from the crop due to a saturated market due to higher supplies and stagnant demand. Tea trade ...

In September 2025, the regional auction in Mombasa traded its maiden batch of specialty orthodox tea as part of a strategy aimed at curbing plummeting fortunes. The auction had recorded a pile up of ...

A section of made tea packed in awarehouse awaiting to be presented at the Mombasa Tea Auction. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] The Mombasa tea auction traded 6.5 million kgs of made tea sourced from four ...

The regional auction in Mombasa has recorded its highest volume of unsold tea this year, a development industry players have linked to a newly introduced export levy and persistent logistics ...