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In the Wahgi
valley Carpenter Estates own and operate four Tea Plantations, each with it's own factory. These properties were
developed from phragmites swamp country in the mid 1960's. Almost all
the equipment used, was air freighted into the valley, as these
were the days before the road system in the Highlands was fully developed. The Tea produced is of the
best quality in the region and
compares favourably with tea of India, Indonesia or African origin.
A recent addition to the Carpenter family
has been Minjigina Estate which nestles in the foothills of Mt.Hagen, at a
higher elevation of 6000 ft above sea level.
Carpenter's tea factories manufacture tea
of the CTC (or Cut, Tear and Curl) process, a totally 'Natural' type of
manufacture. This tea is highly suitable for tea bags, which are popular
particularly in developed countries.
The tender leaves and buds are harvested
from fields either by hand or machine and initially withered in large
withering troughs utilizing, hot air or ambient air to reduce the surface and
internal moisture content, inducing a change in the leaf chemistry.
The withered leaf is then fed through
machines known as Rotovanes to prepare the leaf for
the CTC process. The Quadruplex CTC machines
macerates the rolled leaf by cutting, tearing and curling to bring out the
inherent enzymes and promote the next process which is fermentation.
The familiar black tea, which emerges from
the dryer is passed through a series of screens and meshes and graded into
various sizes. The graded tea is then packed into paper sacks, which have
replaced the traditional tea chest and invoiced for export or value addition.
The entire tea manufacturing process is
mechanized and fully automated. Therefore the hygienic standards are high.
Furthermore there are no chemical pesticides used by the company in their
husbandry of tea growing, another
environmentally friendly feature.
A major portion of the Carpenter's
production is exported to Europe, Australia and USA with small quantities being shipped to the Middle
East, Africa and Sri Lanka.
Around 10 percent of the tea manufactured
by Carpenter's is packed in 'Value added' form. The Packing and the Tea
bagging operation is carried out on the estates with sophisticated machinery
and skilled operators.
The rich soil and ideal climate conditions
of the Wahgi valley contribute to the success of
these tea plantations, that are rapidly promoting Papua New Guinea's reputation as a leading
producer or quality tea to meet a growing
demand throughout the world.
 Fermentation or oxidization takes place for about
80 minutes, during which the processed tea turns, from a bright green
pigmentation to a coppery brown colour, Once
fermentation is complete, a carefully judged moment in time, the leaf is fed
in to fluidized bed dryers. The dryer's are fuelled by Naphta,
which is a by-product of the natural gas industry, situated to the West of
the Wahgi Valley. Naphta is one of the
cleanest burning fuels available, so this ensures that there are no noxious vapours absorbed by the tea during the direct - fire
drying process. The availability of Naphta enables
the company to be at the forefront of using alternative fuel supplies to stem
the rapidly diminishing timber resources.
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We own and operate five (5)
Tea Plantations each with it's own factory
* KUDJIP
TEA
* KINDENG
TEA
* AVIAMP
TEA
* MINJIGINA TEA
* BUNUM WO TEA
Tea
available in Bulk Packets and Tea bags and are marketed in major markets in:-
Australia
Poland
India
United
States of America
Germany
Indonesia
Canada
United
Kingdom
New Zealand
Singapore
Malaysia
Russia
Our CTC [Cut,
Tear and Curl] tea process is highly suitable for Tea Cup or Pot Bags
- The unique feature
of our tea is it's pesticide free
- Tea available in
bulk and value added form
We offer to
our customers
- CTC TEA MAIN GRADES
- BROKEN PEKOE 1 [BP1]
- PEKOE FANNINGS [PF]
- PEKOE FANNINGS [PF1]
- PEKOE DUST [PD]
- DUST 1 [D1]
- FANNINGS [F1]
CTC TEA OFF
GRADES
- DUST 2 [D2]
- FANNINGS 2 [F2]
- CUT BROKEN MIXED
FANNINGS [CBMF]
PACKING
In UK/USA Tea
Association approved multi wall paper sacks Palletized - 200 paper sacks, on 10
pallets to a 20' Container Unpalletised - 220 paper
sacks to a 20' Container.
Inquiries to -
anton_g@wrcarpenters.com.pg
sales@wrcarpenters.com.pg
Samples are available on request through our email: anton_g@wrcarpenters.com.pg
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