VIDEO: Inside a Kenyan speciality tea factory

VIDEO: Inside a Kenyan speciality tea factory

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Inside a Kenyan speciality tea factory

28 August 2015 Last updated at 00:18 BST

Tea-making is a centuries-old art that started in Asia, but the Kenyans have made it their own – they are now the largest exporters of tea worldwide.

Tea production is crucial to the overall Kenyan economy, and in the town of Kerugoya, tea producers are becoming more adventurous, making speciality teas, in particular purple-tea.

The BBC’s Lerato Mbele travelled to a farm near Mount Kenya, to find out more.

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