Students launch Fairtrade tea (From Somerset County Gazette)
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Students launch Fairtrade tea
5:05pm Tuesday 6th March 2007 in News By Chris Alder
Pictured from left are Rachel Bigwood, Clare Quantick, and Lisa Gladman with the Mabale Tea.
STUDENTS from West Somerset Community College have launched their own brand Fairtrade tea in partnership with local merchant Miles Tea.
Mabale Tea, a blend of Ugandan tea, went on sale during Minehead's Fairtrade Fortnight at a launch at the town's Regal Theatre.
The launch follows the visit to Minehead last year of Fairtrade tea producer Silver Kasoro-Atwoki, director of Mabale Tea Growers Factory in Uganda, who asked the college to consider a Fairtrade Partnership with his community and its school.
