Birth of Tea-Its Growth and Development

TEA CHRONICLE:

The history ascribes the creation of the tea plant to Dhruma or Bodhi Dharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism. In course of his meditation near Nanking in china, the saint fell asleep.
On waking up, the sage became angry with himself as he entered into deep sleep instead of meditating. His angry had gone to a higher level to punish himself by cutting his eyelids off.

TEA’S BIRTH:

A strange plant came into sight at the place where the eyelids fell. The leaves of the plant while boiling gave a brew that could banish sleep. Thus the tea plant was born and the tea beverage came into being.

It is not merely a story to us, but now a real experience, a sense of briskness the tea triggers into our body and mind; of course every sip of it does the job wonderfully.

TEA’S ASIATIC ORIGIN:

The tea plant has been cultivated from so long that its home as a wild plant is a matter of speculation. Certainly in south East China, tea has been used as a beverage for between two and three thousand years, and nobody has ever claimed to have found wild tea China proper. Claims were made that wild tea has been discovered in Nepal and Manipal.

PRIMITIVE TEA:

Tea is a very old crop originally grown and manufactured by peasants in a very primitive manner. During the past century by intensive methods, the tea growing and processing have been transformed into a complicated industry.

FIRST HARVEST:

In India tea was not planted until the 1830 and during 1839 a crop of 15 kg was harvested. Systematic planting and development into plantations started during 1870s and with in around 125 years, the industry has registered a phenomenal growth in terms of area, cultivation and production, manufacturing and marketing and consumption leading to world trade.

DARLING –DARLING - DARJEELING:

Our tea industry has raised our prestige in the world market, by various means of which, one is Darjeeling Tea. It is the world’s most attractive, expensive tea with unique flavors; the richest tea to drink and longest to endure in freshness. Darjeeling is champagne of Indian teas, the prestige value is incalculable.

You need to select some special teas and buy them for making special teas, when you are a tea lover. Your cup of tea should give a unique taste and happiness that lingers for a long time.

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