Why Organic tea?
With the world economies and competition, tea estates have been trying to increase production by using synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, rather than using the old method of shade grown tea with natural fertilizers and manpower for weeding. Both coffee and tea production are heavy users of synthetic chemicals, some of which are banned in industrialized countries. These chemicals are carcinogenic. The small farmers and laborers are not knowledgeable as to how to handle them safely. This regularly takes the lives of many farm workers. In the case of coffee it is believed that at least the consumers are protected because during roasting the high temperatures drive off most of these harmful chemicals. However, in the tea processing temperatures are not very high, so even the consumers are at risk. See link to organic farming and certified organic.
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