Tea is a way of life in England. English tea tradition has been deep rooted in to English souls. But no one would imagine that the tea is grown in this resplendent island. Tregothnan English tea land is one of them (Web:https://tregothnan.co.uk/). Plymouth Tea (Web:https://www.plymouthtea.co.uk/) is another based in Devon.Britain’s heatwave has seen the biggest ever harvest at Tregothnan tea farm – enough to make one huge number of English tea cuppas.

The soaring temperatures have resulted in the biggest crop of chamomile the country has ever seen.

As the mercury soared around the UK the herb used to make the popular tea flowered in abundance at Tregothnan estate, near Tresillian.

It has now begun harvesting the crop – the largest ever seen in the estate’s 700-year-old gardens.

Tregothnan tea farm’s Bella Percy-Hughes, 36, said the crop, enough for about a million cups of tea, will all thanks to the UK’s ‘mini Mediterranean’ summer.

She said: “Normally it’s grown in the Mediterranean but because we’ve had such a hot climate chamomile production has increased significantly.

“It’s the largest amount of chamomile every harvested in the UK for tea production.

“The crop is being harvested now and then it will be dried in big hot boxes before it is made into tea – when we’re finished we’ll have enough for about a million cups.

“It’s really exciting for us, it’s a great product and we’re really quite proud of it.

“As soon as we had the hot weather with out sign of stopping we knew it would be a good year.

“We can’t tell about next year but we’re increasing the area we are planting chamomile so that will help increase production.”

Tea has been grown at the historic Cornish estate since 1999 and was first harvested in 2005. It began harvesting chamomile in 2006.

Original Article: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/tregothnan-cornwall-sees-biggest-ever-1878557#