Kenyan Specialty Coffee and Tea Exports Record 22% Value Growth in European and Asian Markets
A coffee farmer in Nyeri handpicking ripe red cherries from an Arabica coffee plantation.
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Direct export sales of specialty Kenyan tea and coffee jumped by 22% in the last quarter, earning the country KES 48 billion in foreign exchange receipts according to the Agriculture and Food Authority.
Increased demand for specialty purple tea in Asia and single-estate coffee microlots across Europe pushed weighted average auction prices to five-year highs at the Mombasa and Nairobi exchanges.
Cooperative leaders credited government coffee reforms and direct grower licensing for unlocking fair value directly to smallholder farmers.
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