When Tea smells good
The tea industry in India has a chequered history. What began in the mid 1800's as an experiment is today, one of the highest grossers of foreign exchange for the nation.
Tea also holds together the livelihoods of several million people and brightens the taste buds of severalm million more.
Tea is grown in small patches, never as widespread as rice or wheat and not even as widely grown as other cash crops such as sugarcane or cotton. The Darjeeling hills and Assam have some of the biggets tea growing regions, accounting for more than 70% of the total output of India. The nilgiris and surrounding hills that form part of the ancient Western Ghats contribute the rest.
Tea also holds together the livelihoods of several million people and brightens the taste buds of severalm million more.
Tea is grown in small patches, never as widespread as rice or wheat and not even as widely grown as other cash crops such as sugarcane or cotton. The Darjeeling hills and Assam have some of the biggets tea growing regions, accounting for more than 70% of the total output of India. The nilgiris and surrounding hills that form part of the ancient Western Ghats contribute the rest.
I have had both and for sure, tea is central to our lives. The cost of the forest lost rankles, so therein lies the conundrum.
