Tanganda Tea facts for kids

Tanganda Tea is a very important company in Zimbabwe. It grows and produces a lot of tea and coffee. In fact, it is one of the biggest tea producers in all of Africa! Tanganda Tea is part of a larger company called the Meikles Group. This group also owns hotels and department stores in southern Africa.

What is Tanganda Tea?

Tanganda Tea is a major food company in Zimbabwe. It is famous for growing and making tea and coffee. The company sells its tea brand in Zimbabwe and other countries in central Africa.

Where Does Tanganda Tea Grow?

The main office for Tanganda Tea is in Mutare. This city is located in the beautiful Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. Most of the company's tea is grown around a town called Chipinge. However, Tanganda also buys a lot of tea from smaller, independent farmers.

How Did Tanganda Tea Start?

The story of tea in Zimbabwe began in 1924. A woman named Mrs. Florence Phillips brought some tea seeds from India. She was the wife of a tea-planter from Assam, a famous tea-growing region. She carefully smuggled these seeds out of India.

Mrs. Phillips planted the seeds near Chipinge. The tea plants grew very well! This success led to the creation of a company. It was called Ward and Phillips (Pty) Ltd. This company owned two tea farms: New Year's Gift and Ratelshoek Estates. These farms became the very beginning of the Tanganda Tea company we know today.