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Teas Farming in India  

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Teas Farming in India India is one of the main tea growers of the world, exporting more than 14% of the world's tea and with over 4000,000 hectares under cultivation. Although indigenous to the Assam region, the first commercially produced teas were raised from seeds brought from China. By the 1840s India was producing regular shipments for sell and auction in London, and gradually the planting of estates grew throughout the country from Nilgiri in the south to Darjeeling in the north. The plantations range from low grown areas (sea level to 2000ft) to high-grown (more than 4000ft high). Generally plucked from March to October, each area produces teas of distinctive character. The tea board of India has endorsed several speciality blends so that their quality and consistency is assured. Assam The state of Assam has a humid, subtropical climate with extremely heavy rainfall. Assam is subject to floods and...

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