A busy week….

25th November 2011

There has been a lot of hype in the press this week about the UK's mild winter and why it is perfect for Tregothnan's tea plantations. On Tuesday we were visited by the ITV News team, who learnt that we are still tea picking when normally the season draws to a close early in October. You can view the coverage here.

The Daily Express, the Cornish Guardian, and the Western Morning News also covered this exciting news story.

On the box, we were featured on Daybreak's weather on Wednesday morning and on Frank Skinner's Opinionated last night.

Jonathan Jones, our Commercial and Garden Director, expects to harvest more than ten tonnes this year, compared to the previous annual record of seven.

He said: "It's been an incredible year for us and I'm absolutely amazed we're still producing. We're heading for a record year for sure. It's almost become an annual growing season. It started very early in April due to early warm weather in spring and we've just seen the perfect storm of conditions since. Summer was warm and wet – which mirrors the Indian climate where tea is traditionally grown – and we've seen an incredibly warm autumn. It's unheard of for us to be picking leaves in November, and the way things are heading we could find ourselves picking them for a few weeks yet."

Let's hope the sun will still continue to shine - our tea is loving it!