Products of Cameroon
Tea Estates are among
the most cherished in
and out of the country.
The company, which specialises
in the production and com-
mercialisation of black tea,
produces many grades of tea.
Though processed as one it
is only after sorting that the
different grades are labelled
according to the particle sizes.
Its products including the BM
(broken mixed) which is coarse
is packaged in sacs of 40 and
20 kg and in sachets of 25, 50
and 100 grams, PF (Pekoe Fan-
nings) blended with Pokoe Dust
and packaged in 2g tea bags
and stimulates saliva at first
sight due to its great aroma,
is a veritable stimulus to the
brain. It relieves fatigue.
Though the training manager
of the CTE, Robert M. Achiri,
disclosed they are yet to ex-
port part of the 4,500 tons
yearly production since the
company is in the process to
obtain an ISO certification, the tea is highly demanded
in Nigeria, and countries in
Europe and America.
The three tea plantations that
make up the company are Ndu
Tea in the North West Region,
which is the largest (1568 hec-
tares) and produces 1,600 tons,
Tole Tea Plantation in the South
West Region spread over 454
hectares and produces 1,500 tons
and the Djuttisa Tea Plantation
in the West Region, occupying
a surface area of 446 hectares
and produces 1,400 tons per
year. All three plantations have
factories where the tea is pro-
cessed, packaged, stored and
distributed thereafter. Though CTE does not export,
the tea howe-
ver is consumed
across the bor-
ders. But who
takes the tea to
other countries?
80 per cent of the
4,500 tons yearly
production is pur-
chased by big tea
merchants based
in Garoua, Kousse-
ri and Maroua who
take the tea across
the borders to Chad,
Niger, South Libya
and Sudan whe...
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Commentaires
MEH LUIS
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE TEA SECTOR:TOLE TEA ESTATE,NDU TEA ESTATE AND DJITTISA SINCE PRIVATISATION.BECAUSE THE ABOVE TEA ESTATES MUST HAVE SUFFERED ALOT FROM THE PRIVATISATION WEAKNESS.COULD THE GOVERNTMENT NOT SEE INTO THE SITUATION TO BRING BACK THE PAST GLORIES OF THESE AS PART OF HER EMERGENCE PLANS OF 2035?I AM A PRODUCT FROM THE TEA PLANTATION,I REGRATE TO ANNOUNCE MY TOTAL DISMAL AND DISLOYALY OF THE GOVERNTMENT PLUS MALTREAMENT OF THE PROPIETOR OF THE ESTATE TOWARDS OUR nPEASANT PARENTS BUT LOYAL WORKERS IN THE TEA SECTOR.MAY GOD BLESS CAMEROON SO THAT WE MAY RECOVER FROM THE IMBALANCES TOWARDS THE EMERGENCE DRIVE BY 2035 AS A COLLECTIVE DUTY OF PEACE WORK FATHERLAND.AMEN