In pictures: Rwanda tea industry moves on from bitter past

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  Labourers picking tea leaves in the plantations of Sorwathe Tea in the Cyohoha district. Over 90 per cent of the national production is exported. Phil Moore / AFP

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  Rwanda tea is planted on hillsides at high altitude and on well-drained marshes. Phil Moore / AFP

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  Rwanda tea yields are low by comparison with other producing countries in Asia and also in nearby African countries. Phil Moore / AFP

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  Sorwathe Tea’s annual production is about 3 million kilos of black tea, which is 15 per cent of Rwanda’s production. Phil Moore / AFP

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  Sorwathe Tea has been acknowledged to be the best run tea plantation and processing facility in Rwanda. Above, the company’s processing plant in Cyohoha district. Phil Moore / AFP

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  Labourers picking tea leaves in the plantations of Sorwathe Tea in the Cyohoha district. Over 90 per cent of the national production is exported. Phil Moore / AFP

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  Sorwathe Tea’s annual production is about 3 million kilos of black tea, which is 15 per cent of Rwanda’s production. Phil Moore / AFP

Tea is one of Rwanda’s top foreign currency earners and Sorwathe, a private company, is the largest tea producer in the country.