In 1956, Karirana Estates Limited was incorporated when Mackenzie Dalgelty bought a number of farms to grow and manufacture high quality tea for export and appointed George Williamson Kenya Limited the managing agents.
Today, Karirana tea is renowned worldwide as a truly unique tea. The… read more tea, grown east of the Great Rift Valley between the famous Aberdares ridge and the towering snow-capped Mt. Kenya, at 2,300 meters above sea level, is inherently a high quality tea.
Limuru is endowed with a cool climate, which leads to relatively slow growth giving the tea, like fine wine, adequate time to mature.