Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago
In the UK we drink 36 billions cups of tea every year.
In this video we look at the lives of tea workers from Kenya and India.
But the lives of tea workers have barley improved since the colonial era.
Oxfam says that Assam tea workers are paid well below the legal minimum wage.
We found that Women do most of the labour-intensive harvesting, carrying heavy loads for long distances in high temperatures.
We look at how the price of a tea bag is divided up and how ethical tea and coffee brands are in our new guide. Read it here now - ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/shopping-guide/tea
In the UK we drink 36 billions cups of tea every year.
In this video we look at the lives of tea workers from Kenya and India.
But the lives of tea workers have barley improved since the colonial era.
Oxfam says that Assam tea workers are paid well below the legal minimum wage.
We found that Women do most of the labour-intensive harvesting, carrying heavy loads for long distances in high temperatures.
We look at how the price of a tea bag is divided up and how ethical tea and coffee brands are in our new guide. Read it here now - ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/shopping-guide/tea
