Tea – a new national drink for Scotland?

Tea plantations usually conjure up images of steamy hillside estates in India or China, but Scotland now has its own tea farm nestled in the Highland hills of Perth and Kinross. The Wee Tea plantation in Amulree may be thousands of miles from Assam or Darjeeling, but the growing conditions are surprisingly good for tea.Despite its reputation for growing in a balmy climate, the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, can survive temperatures as low as -11C for long periods. And with plenty of rain, good so