Science correspondent Nicola Davis revisits the curious case of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In this first episode of a mini-series originally broadcast in October 2025, she recalls her initial meeting with O’Braan while working on a feature about UK tea plantations.
The Award-Winning Tea That Raised Doubts
O’Braan was selling his Scottish-grown tea, which had won awards, to some of the finest hotels in the UK. However, something did not quite add up about his story. Nicola was not the only person taking an interest in his claims.
Clips from BBC and Food.NDTV are featured in the episode, which is part of a series titled 'A strange brew: the case of the man behind an audacious Scottish tea fraud.'
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