Clinics

Something that one might not associate with growing tea and coffee are the clinics that we operate to service our employees and associated communities. In June our 4 clinics treated 4,117 patients, including; 30 deliveries! 41 ladies in anti natal program and 50 new patients registered for Anti Retro Virals

Now on Facebook

You may find it easier to get updates from our facebook page where we also hope in time to have a greater interaction with tea and coffee lovers!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Satemwa-Tea-Estates-Ltd/170911016278619

90 this week!

A celebration this week of our 90th birthday! On 4th July 1922 Maclean Kay signed the deal to buy Satemwa. A year later the first tea was planted. This year also marks 120 years since the property now known as Satemwa was first registered.

Rutin In Tea

Its not a typo and you won’t find any naked photos on this post, however its interesting never the less. Rutin is a compound that we haven’t heard of before, never mind associated with tea – apparently it blocks a dangerous enzyme that is involved in formation of blood clots. Found in both green and black tea (and therefore one assumes oolong and white tea too) read more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2141602/Chemical-apples-onions-green-tea-help-beat-blood-clots.html

Satemwa Tea Hits U$3/kg on Local Auction

Yesterday a Chawani PF1SC reached a new personal record by reaching U$3/kg on the Limbe auction. This is only the second tea to do so in the history of the auction. This tea was bought by Tata Tetely. our MD; Chip who is away at the moment sent the following email back to Satemwa.

Everyone,

Congratulations on becoming the second estate to join the ''THREE DOLLAR CLUB''

Please tell me all the details - field-cultivar-wither-ferment-drier-dates AND who made it?

Are all the details are recorded?? can we do it again and make a wonderful habit of it !

MD

Life on Satemwa

As part of our ongoing environmental plan, Satemwa commissioned a local team to conduct a review of biodiversity and plant species found in our tea and coffee plots towards the end of 2010.

Now that we have our hands on the final report we pleased to share the findings with you. The comprehensive reports have provided us with an excellent resource for planning our future environmental strategy.




Satemwa Biodiversity Report (1.2MB)






Satemwa Plant Species List (196KB)

Tea Review

Read an unsolicited review of our Zomba Pearls by a Polish Wine Writer http://blog.polishwineguide.com/2010/12/30/white-tea-from-malawi/ It really is such an awesome tea. I haven’t had some for a while now – Saturday late morning, think it might just be the right time to enjoy a cup of Malawi’s finest!