Friday, 8 May 2020

Tea's Not Up

With more people remaining at home in the UK over the Covid-19 lockdown, there has actually been an increase in the archetypal drinking of tea (especially on VE day?). Unfortunately, the same virus in Assam and other parts of India, has reduced the labour-intensive picking of tea (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/may/08/trouble-brewing-for-tea-producers-as-coronavirus-lockdown-hits-harvests). This has led to a predictable reduction in the available tea harvest, suggesting that prices for cuppas will increase.
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