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Tea is generally the favourite beverage for the British. Most people in Britain drink tea every day. Britain ranks number one in per capita consumption of tea in the world....

South Asia is a major tea producing region, as well as an important tea consuming region. India and Iran are the two most important tea producers in the region. These...

Africa also has many tea-producing countries. Kenya, Malawi,and Mozambique are all major black tea exporters to Europe and the United States. Kenya is a new tea-producing country that recently emerged...

My hometown is at the southern part of China. I like tea. It is my old love to drink tea. Every morning, I am wakened by the flavor of jasmine...

PROFILE Jason Fasi is a native of Southern California and has been drinking tea "seriously" since 2003. He founded the Puerh Tea Community blog, and currently serves as its moderator...

Just as the cultivation of the tea tree has a long tradition in China, the processing of the leaves is an art that the Chinese mastered many centuries ago. This...

China covers a vast territory, and tea growing spreads oyer thousands of miles. More than 3.7 million acres (1.5 million ha) are devoted to tea plantations. The best estates are...

Region: Kinrinyaga district of KenyaHarvest season: All yearCultivar: Assamica hybrid The tea-processing plant in Kangaita was built in 1965. Located at high altitude, close to 6,250 feet (1,900 m), it...

Located in the heart of Darjeeling, the Singell garden was one of the first to be sown in India, in the 19th century. Although more and more cloned trees are...

In order to compete with the low production costs of the Chinese, who had access to a very cheap labor force, the British had to reinvent every stage of processing....

Tea growing in India began in the northeast of the country, with the discovery of wild tea trees, and spread along the banks of the Brahmaputra River to the foothills...

With annual production of 1,081,170 tons (980,8201), India is the second-largest tea producer in the world after China. The tea industry is a vitally important sector of the Indian national...