When India won its independence from Britain in 1947 their annual tea product- ion stood at about 275,000 tons (28 million kg). Today, the amount of tea being grown has risen by approximately 40%, with tea production increasing by nearly 250%. That’s phenomenal growth by anyone’s standards. |
In 2007 India’s government proposed a $48 billion Special Purpose tea fund to replant tea fields with bushes over forty years old and cut and prune old tea bushes.The hope is that with replanting and rejuven- ation both the quality and quantity of India’s tea bags, others are working |
for traditional specialty black teas, green teas, white, and oolong teas has steadily grown with no signs of slowing down.All three of India’s major tea growing regions, Darjeeling, Assam, One example of new innovations is found in British rule ended in 1947, and their influence India’s tea production began little by little to China’s oolong Next came withering. Because Darjeeling’s climate is cold Hard withering works by deactivating a percentage of the Their next step was to carefully adjust the rolling process, ensuring the teas weren’t What they ended up with was a full range of aromatic, flavorful Next comes Assam black teas with their swirling brown leaves, Assam is India’s tea basket, and with its subtropical conditions |
Assam’s finest orthodox black teas with sweet, malty, honeyed notes, yet brisk and assertive flavors.
India’s third major tea growing region is Nilgiri which is a major producer of ctc teas, rather than orthodox teas. The British established the first tea plantations here in 1854, which grew to sever- That’s not to say they lack quality. Nilgiri “frost tea,” named for its production |