IT is time that tea leaves have been short of supply and Pinlaung-produced tea leaves have received orders the most from Yangon Region.
Over the next months, cleaning work will start in tea farms and tea leaves will fall down in foggy weather so the supply of tea leaves has been short and the price has been high.
“Now, tea leave production is low. But the price is high. The supply is unable to provide adequately to meet the demand. Tea leaves have received continual orders. Most are from Yangon Region. It is expected that tea leaf prices will continue climbing up in coming months and fall in monsoon only,” said Ma Mu Mu Tin Yi, a tea farmer from Pinlaung Township.
This year’s tea leaf production was good as young tea plumules grew much due to high rainfall.
“The production was larger this year because there were continual rains, which helped young leaves increasingly grow. Even in winter, there is rain sometimes. High rainfall can help the growth of the tea leaf production,” she added. In southern Shan State’s Ywangan, due to the difficulty of sun-drying tea leaves in July, farmers produced fresh tea leaves more and the fresh tea leaf trade was good. — Thit Taw/ZS
