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For many years, documentation of tea in India was lost in history. Records re-emerge during the first century CE, with stories of the Buddhist monks Bodhidharma and Gan Lu, and their involvement with tea. Research, such as Robert Sealy's 1958 book A Revision of the Genus Camilla, suggests that tea is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. Commercial production of tea in India did not begin until the arrival of the British East India Company, at which point large tracts of land were converted for mass tea production. As per the Tea Board under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, [17] the tea varieties found in India are Darjeeling, Assam, Nilgiri, Kangra, Munnar, Dooars-Terai, Masala Tea and Sikkim tea. Most of the teas have been named after the regions they are produced in and they are also statutorily protected as Geographical Indicators. [ citation needed] Darjeeling tea [ edit ] Cardamon: stimulates the mind and gives charity it is used for treating bloating, fluid retention and helps the digestion process.
Tea by itself is rich in antioxidants. It stimulates wakefulness and gives relief from fatigue and headaches. According to National Sample Survey Organisation data, India consumes 15 times more tea than coffee. [20] Tea is made both at home and outside. Outside the home, tea is most commonly and easily found at the tea stalls that dot just about every street in India. Post the success of coffee chains of Barista and Cafe Coffee day, the tea stall has become a part of the urban landscape with several tea themed cafe chains taking root in metro cities in recent years. [21] Tea is now a cultural institution, even celebrated as in the recent art exhibition titled "Chai Wallah and other stories" by the artist Vijay Gille. [22] "Chai Wallah" is the Hindi title accorded to the man who runs the tea stall. The 2014 general elections also saw the election of Narendra Modi who worked for his father's tea stall as a child. [23] The phrase "Chai-Pani" literally meaning, tea and water, is used to offer welcome drinks and facilitate guests in houses of India. India to declare tea national drink in 2013". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. The practice of Ayurveda has resulted in a long-standing tradition of herbal teas. Traditional Indian kitchens have long utilised the medicinal benefits [7] offered by various plants and spices such as holy basil (Tulsi), cardamom (Elaichi), pepper (Kali Mirch), liquorice (Mulethi), mint (Pudina), etc., and traditionally, teas made with these plant leaves or spices have been in use for centuries for maladies ranging from the serious to the trifling. Tea is also mixed with these traditional herbs. The taste of chai (sweet and milky) helps disguise the stronger and more bitter flavours of some of the medicinal additives, while others such as cardamom, clove and ginger add a pleasing flavour and aroma to the tea along with health benefits.Clove a stimulating spice with its antiseptic qualities, helps during cold and flu seasons, invigorating and restoring the body heat. Cherry Resort inside Temi Tea Garden, Namchi, Sikkim Tea Garden on way to Devikulam, Kerala. Darjeeling tea plantations, Darjeeling. Masala Chai kettles of a street vendor in Varanasi, India. Cooking Indian tea or Chai using a regular sauce pan in the US. Cardamom Tea (Elaichi Chai) - 40 Teabags Cardamom Tea is made with freshly ground cardamom mixed with our unique blend of Kenya Tea. It makes a refreshing drink any time if the day. William Harrison Ukers, The romance of tea: an outline history of tea and tea-drinking through sixteen hundred years, A.A. Knopf, 1936.
Reporter, B. S. (17 October 2012). "Assam cabinet's nod to tea as 'state drink' of Assam". Business Standard India– via Business Standard. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Cardamom has been used from ancient times to improve digestion and act as a mouth freshener. It also stimulates and gives clarity to the mind. Unlike the British cup of tea, tea in India is not served in a set where the leaves are steeped separately. Typically, tea in India is consumed with both milk and sugar but the tea leaves are not prepared separately by being steeped. Instead, the tea leaves are boiled along with additions and then boiled again after the addition of milk and sugar. Sometimes the tea leaves themselves are used as flavouring. In many parts of the country, the most special tea is one where the tea leaves are boiled solely in milk. Cinnamon a pungent and warming spice, with an irresitible scent. It helps with aching joints, and complements other herbs, enhacing their properties.
Today, the Chinese strain produces Darjeeling tea and the indigenous Assamese variety produces the remainder of the tea produced in India. In the early 1820s, the British East India Company began large-scale production of tea in Assam, India, of a tea variety traditionally brewed by the Singpho tribe. In 1826, the British East India Company took over the region from the Ahom kings through the Treaty of Yandabo. In 1837, the first English tea garden was established at Chabua in Upper Assam; in 1840, the Assam Tea Company began the commercial production of tea in the region, run by indentured servitude of the local inhabitants. Beginning in the 1850s, the tea industry rapidly expanded, consuming vast tracts of land for tea plantations. By the start of the 20th century, Assam became the leading tea-producing region in the world. [13] Red Bush Tea (Spiced) - 40 Teabags Palanquin Red Bush Spiced is a combination of selected spices and Red Bush. It is naturally caffeine free, which makes it a great alternative for health conscious people. Ginger a warming spice that boosts circulation, relaxes blood vessels and has a detoxifying effect. It excites the brain and in old age awakens young love! India is the second largest producer of tea in the world after China, [1] including the famous Assam tea and Darjeeling tea. Tea is the 'State Drink' of Assam. [2] [3] Following this the former Planning Commission (renamed Niti Aayog) Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia had plans to officially recognise tea as the Indian "National Drink" in 2013. [4] [5] According to the ASSOCHAM report released in December 2011, India is the world's largest consumer of tea, consuming nearly 30% of global output. India is also the second-largest exporter of tea, after China. [6]Red Bush Tea by itself is very rich in antioxidants and is naturally caffeine free. It makes a delicious beverage with distinctive reddish colour. Ginger is aptly described in the traditional language of Sanskrit as 'vishwabhesaj', the universal medicine.
Writing in The Cambridge World History of Food ( Kiple & Ornelas 2000:715–716), Weisburger & Comer write:See also: British East India Company An 1850 depiction of the tea cultivation process in Assam, India. Red Bush Tea (Cardamom) - 40 Teabags Palanquin Cardamom Tea is made with freshly ground Cardamom mixed with Red Bush. An excellent refreshing caffeine free drink. Spearmint Tea - Palanquin - 40 Teabags Palanquin Spearmint Tea has a mouth tingling fresh character with mellow aroma and sweet flavour. The next recorded reference to tea in India after the 12th century dates to 1598, when a Dutch traveler, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, noted in a book that the leaves of the Assam tea plant were used by Indians as a vegetable, eaten with garlic and oil, and as a drink. [10] [11] The Tea Board claims Darjeeling tea is best drunk in porcelain tea ware without any sugar or milk. [19] Consumption of tea in India [ edit ]
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