PRESENTATION

ON
TEA INDUSTRY IN INDIA

BY- PRIYA SAINI

• Tea origins – China (4th century AD).
• 350 A.D. Kuo P’o’ – described tea as, “a
beverage made from boiled leaves.”
• People - interior part of China pressed tea
into brick “currency” to barter with other
tribes.
• From 350 to 600 A.D., the demand for tea
dramatically increased and outstripped the
supply of wild tea trees.
• Farmers began to grow tea plants in the
Szechwan district – soon spread to whole
China.
• Western world – tea introduced by
Venetian writer Ramusio (16th century).
• 1st public sale of Tea – England - Thomas
Garway in 1657.
• In 1780 – Tea cultivation
experimented in India with
seeds from China by
Robert Kyd.
• Robert Bruce(1823) –
discovered wild tea plants
growing in Upper
Brahmaputra Valley.
• May 1838 – Tea from
Assam sent to England for
public sale for 1st time.
• Major 3 tea producing regions:
1. Darjeeling (North-Eastern India)
2. Assam (far North-East India)
3. Nilgiri (South India)
• All 3 differ in style and flavour.
• Found in the foothills of
Himalayas.
• Grows at altitudes of 600m
to 2000m.
• Cool moist climate, rainfall
and sloping hilly terrain –
give the ‘Muscatel Flavor’
to the Tea.
• Called ‘Champagne of
Teas’ – finest and most
uniquely flavored.
• Rainfall - 100 to 150 inches per year.
• Offer rich, full-bodied, bright tea liquor.
• A bright, strong cup of tea.
• Assam is the single largest contiguous tea
growing area in the world.
• Blue Mountains of Nilgiri in
South India.
• Tea grown at an elevation of
1000m to 2500m.
• Rainfall varies from 60 inches
to 90 inches annually.
• Fine, elegant flavor and brisk
liquor.
• The combination of fragrance
and briskness makes Nilgiri a
truly unique tea in the world.
 Apart from the above three distinct tea growing
regions tea is also grown in:
• Kerala • Arunachal Pradesh
• Karnataka • Tripura
• Himachal Pradesh • Manipur
• Nagaland
• Uttaranchal
• Mizoram &
• Sikkim Meghalaya
• Orissa • Dooars and Terai of
• Bihar West Bengal
• Tea Act,1953 - ‘Tea’ means the plant
Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze.
• Tea leaves during manufacturing ‘Made
Tea’ in factories generate ‘Tea waste’.
• Tea Waste – Unfit for human
consumption and used for:
4. manufacture of caffeine.
5. manufacture of Instant Tea.
6. using as manure in the tea field.
 Top tea brands in india

• Tata Tea19%
• Brooke Bond 18.1%
• Lipton 6.2 %