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DL-Koisagat Tea Company set to process purple tea for export

Purple tea shrub. The medicinal plant is a new variety in Kenya. [Photo: James Mwangi]

Local tea firm DL-Koisagat Tea Company will start processing purple tea for export.

The firm’s Managing Director Geoffrey Darrel said demand for Kenyan purple tea is growing fast in the global market, even as the company finalises plans to put up the factory in Kaptel area, Nandi County.

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