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The uncomfortable truth behind your cup of tea | Foreign Correspondent

Tea is the second most consumed drink in the world after water and chances are the tea in Australian cupboards comes from Sri Lanka. Consumers of the more popular brands are assured by guarantees clearly marked on the packaging that the tea they are buying is ethically and sustainably produced. But are these guarantees accurate? Foreign Correspondent goes deep into the tea fields of Sri Lanka to investigate the “ethical” promises made by the most famous brands of tea. Reporter Naomi Selvaratnam visits the estates to investigate the living and working conditions approved by independent certification schemes and reveals how the system is failing both Sri Lankan tea workers and consumers. 0:00 Sri Lanka, Kandy, The promise of ethical tea, is it real? 1:47 Tea brokers, how does your tea get priced? 3:48 The global auction for tea sales and its certifications of standards 5:16 Meeting the tea plantation workers and investigating their conditions 11:15 The low pay for plantation works and their difficult living standards 12:44 The history of struggle for tea plantation workers 14:41 Investigating another tea estate living conditions for workers 16:39 How widespread is the tea industries problems? 17:57 Child labour on tea estates 19:26 Colombo, Rainforest Alliance, why aren’t the certification standards working? 22:15 Ceylon Planters Association pushback to certification standards 24:35 The decline of Sri Lanka’s tea industry and how it can improve 26:33 The current reality of workers and the ongoing failure of certification Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Foreign Correspondent is the prime-time international public affairs program on Australia's national broadcaster, ABC-TV. We produce half-hour duration in-depth reports for broadcast across the ABC's television channels and digital platforms. Since 1992, our teams have journeyed to more than 170 countries to report on war, natural calamity and social and political upheaval – through the eyes of the people at the heart of it all. Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you'll find our long-form journalism and other videos to help you understand what's going on in the world around you. Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel:    / newsonabc   Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews