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Tea — Knowledge Pack

Everything you need to understand the carbon footprint of tea.

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System boundary
Cradle-to-gate: garden → factory process → packing at facility
Primary unit
1 kg made tea
Topics
8
Sources
5
Last updated
2026-08-09

Tea · Overview

Overview

Garden-to-made-tea screening for CTC, orthodox, and green-fix routes. Cultivation is the large row; process add-ons are smaller but they are how factory style shows up.

Made tea / leaf tea screening footprint for SME estates, bought-leaf factories, and blenders.

Screening factors for India tea processors (CTC / orthodox / green). Cultivation and process defaults are order-of-magnitude L1 — not garden-specific LCA. Not ISO 14067.

Knowledge Pack tea v0.2.0. Screening only — the model does not invent kg CO₂e.

Screening assessment only. Not a third-party verified LCA or regulatory declaration.

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Starts a screening locked to this pack — we will not re-guess. Plans