This month's news
Financial Times
Herbal tea sales take buzz out of coffee
Tea sales are rising after decades of decline as people abandon pricey cappuccinos and buy more green and herbal teas for their alleged health benefits.
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BBC Radio 4
On your farm- broadcasted 12/07
Elinor Goodman visits an estate which grows tea, not in Kenya or India, but in Cornwall. To listen to the broadcast:
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2009 News...
June
The Telegraph
Honey pots costing £55 each sell out
Manuka honey has previously only ever been produced in New Zealand, but now a Cornish version in 113g pots is proving popular.
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BBC News
Cornish manuka bees create a buzz
Supplies of a honey renowned for its health benefits have sold out in the first month of production at an estate in Cornwall.
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The Daily Mail
Sweeter than money
The pampered bees making - at £55 a pot - Britain's priciest honey.
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2009 News...
April
The Guardian
The Bridge Tea Rooms, Bradford on Avon
It might offer an acclaimed list of speciality teas - including England's first home-grown brew from Cornwall's Tregothnan Estate.
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Daily Telegraph.
Honey: the sweetest cure for hayfever. Read more...
Weekend Telegraph.
Go west for the tender and tropical
The early cold snap delayed some of Cornwall's spring flowers but better late than never, says Joanna Fortnam.
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BBC News
Your cup of tea may be about to get more expensive. Read more... We currently have no plans to increase our tea prices!
The Telegraph 9th March -
Credit crunch gardening: it's not all bad
The recession can be a new beginning for gardeners – less of the instant makeover and more a chance to delve into old skills and methods that don't cost the earth.
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2008 News
BBC News
Estate tea brews up foreign sales
A tea plantation in Cornwall has said it expects exports of its tea - including shipping to China, India and Japan - to overtake its UK sales. The Tregothnan estate, near Truro, has 25 acres of tea plants and grows about one tonne of leaves a year.
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The Guardian
Around Britain with a fork. Matthew Fort visits a trailblazing tea plantation - in Cornwall.
It may seem odd to say so these days, but I rather like the idea of a large bit of land being in the same hands for several hundred years - especially when it is being put to some unusual productive uses.
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The Telegraph
Japanese camellias thrive on Cornwall estate
A collection of ancient camellias curated by a Japanese monk is thriving in Cornwall. Jonathon Jones, garden director of the Tregothnan Estate in Cornwall, was asked two years ago whether Tregothnan could provide a home for a collection of rare old camellias from Japan.
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The Times
A Cornish Cuppa
The South West is the home of the cream tea and it can now be enjoyed at a whole host of locations in the region with a truly English cuppa. England’s first tea estate at Tregothnan, in Cornwall..
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The Guardian
From Cornish cream tea to Cornish green tea
Hidden in the depths of south Cornwall, high above the river Fal and four miles from the nearest road, which winds to Truro.
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