Picking Tea Leaves

Our team rode for several days in the tea country of the Kenyan highlands. Tea plantations stretched out as far as the eye could see in every direction.  We encountered this man, who picks tea at one of hundreds of tea plantations.  We were given a full demonstration of tea pickers' tedious daily work. Workers graciously explained to us the process that takes a tea leaf picked from these fields to what is brewed in our tea cups. This man was interesting to us, also, because of his stretched ear lobe from earlier days when we wore tribal rings.  Kenyan tea, by the way, brewed in hot milk and served as chai, is delicious.