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.

Tea available in Bulk Packets and Tea bags and are marketed in major markets in:-
Australia
Poland
South Africa
United States of America
Germany
Indonesia
Canada
United Kingdom
New Zealand
United Arab Emirates
Italy
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