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Scottish Tea

Tea from Scotland? Caz Graham meets the woman growing Oolong in Ecclefechan.

Sun-kissed hillsides in India, China, Kenya and Sri Lanka may produce the bulk of the world's tea but Scottish tea drinkers now have the opportunity to sample a home-grown brew. In Dumfries and Galloway Angela Hurrell is defying the climactic odds to produce a single-leaf tea that's served at London's Dorchester Hotel.

Caz Graham helps with one of Britain's smallest harvests and meets Tam O'Braan the agronomist who first noticed that a hardy plant that thrives in the foothills of the Himalayas could find friendly soil in the Scottish glens.

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22 minutes

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Sun 26 Jun 2016 06:35

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  • Sun 26 Jun 2016 06:35