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More tea? How Scotland's crops of the future could be set to change
Susie Walker-Murno has been growing tea on her family farm in Angus since 2007
Susie Walker-Munro is one of a handful of tea growers in Scotland.
She says the acidic soil creates ideal conditions for the perfect artisan brew.
Costing about £40 per packet for her most expensive product, it's not going to replace the supermarket brands any time soon.
Droughts, intensive downpours and diseases have created challenges for tea growers across the world as they deal with the impact of a warming planet.
But some experts believe Scotland's relatively settled climate could give the tea industry here a helping hand.
Only the top few leaves are picked from each bush to make the perfect tea
As the picking season draws to a close, Susie plucks the last few leaves before proudly pouring me a small glass of her Kinnettles Gold, which is grown in a walled garden on the family farm near Forfar.
She believes Scotland's latitude – sitting 57 degrees north - will always be a bar to having a year-round crop like those countries close to the equator.
But she says wetter weather could help boost production.