Tea prices soar on double trouble in India, Sri Lanka

Extreme weather, disease and economic crisis have shrunk harvests

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Reduced production in the wake of Sri Lanka's economic crisis is also pushing up prices.  © Getty Images

MACHIKA SUZUKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Prices for black tea have risen sharply as extreme heat, floods and disease have ravaged plantations in India, one of the world's largest tea growers.

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