Tea Association of Tanzania

The Tea Association of Tanzania was formed out of The Tanganyika Tea Growers Association (TTGA) which was established in 1940s by large scale tea producers to promote the common interests of the plantation sub-sector members in the cultivation and manufacture of tea, and to promote good industrial relations and sound wage policies for their workers.

In 1988 the TTGA merged with the Tanzania Tea Producers Association (TTPO) to form  The Tea Association of Tanzania (TAT).  This change was partly necessary so that it could accommodate the Blending sub sector of the Industry and the Tea Authority.In 1996 TAT spearheaded the establishment of The Tea Research Institute of Tanzania (TRIT) which was the first private research institute to be set in Tanzania.