The Birth of Assam’s Tea Industry. The first attempts to establish tea plantations in Assam were made in the early 19th century when the British East India Company aimed at ending China’s ...

Recognising his capabilities, the British appointed him as Dewan of the Assam Company Ltd, the tea company incorporated in London in 1839 with headquarters at Nazira near Sivasagar in eastern ...

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...

British tea, with its meticulous regiment, encapsulates a pastime savored in the quiet of drawing rooms and tearooms. Conversely, ... when The East India Company discovered the cousin to Chinese tea ...

Tea plants came to India from China and Southeastern Asia about three centuries ago, brought here by India by the British colonialists. While experimenting to introduce tea in India, they noticed ...

Assam is the highest tea-producing state in India and produces more than 50% of tea in India. With tea gardens that stretch endlessly, it is also home to the largest tea-growing area in the entire ...

The story of Assam Tea began in 1823 along the banks of the Brahmaputra River. From colonial plantations to kitchen cupboards ...

Tea exports, the country’s biggest cash crop, fell by 19 per cent to a 20-year low and global prices jumped in response. In India, floods and heatwaves in the Assam region are being blamed for ...