The Granger Collection, New York In 1848, the British ... to India, it will be your duty to avail yourself of every opportunity of acquiring information as to the cultivation of the tea plant ...

From the 18th century, British botanists believed they could grow tea in India but they didn’t have the technology — the history of tea thus has colourful characters who disguised themselves ...

India’s tea estates are places of beauty and serenity. Travelling to see these verdant estates is as refreshing as tea, and is certainly a tea-rrific idea. The British and Indians have at least ...