Title: TEA ESTATES IN DARJEELING
1TEA ESTATES IN DARJEELING
2- Tea gained popularity in the west and through the
efforts of the East India Company, India has some
of the best tea growing tea regions in the world.
Experts from China were brought over to India to
teach the British and locals how to harvest and
produce the beverage. By 1823, Assam and
Darjeeling regions of India were producing large
quantities of tea. Tea estates were built and
soon tea plants dominated the rolling hillsides.
Darjeeling is the most popular tea growing region
in India and is also world renowned for
cultivating premium quality teas.
3DARJEELINGDarjeeling is the most popular region
of tea cultivation in the world. Located in the
eastern part of India, this region produces the
much revered tea also known as Champagne of Tea.
This is the region that can be attributed to make
Indian teas popular worldwide. This region
produces black, green, oolong and white teas.
Since, this region is an old tea hub. The
techniques are orthodox to maintain the quality
of tea associated with the craft of tea
cultivation here. The characteristic features of
the teas here are mild bodied, bright colours and
strong astringency. Some of the famous tea
estates from the region are Jungpana, Goomtee,
Makaibari, Singtom, and Gopaldhara. The teas
grownin this region consistently receive awards
in auctions.
4JUNGPANA TEA ESTATE 1899 by Henry Montogomery
Lennox Since 1956
- It was owned by the esteemed Kejriwal family. It
is one of the only tea estates that uses original
British Machinery that has been maintained
through all these years to make tea, which adds
to the perfect processing of tea. They are known
for their Exquisite quality produce of green,
black and oolong tea.
5GOOMTEE TEA ESTATE 1899 by Henry Montogomery
It shares close proximity with Jungpana and
Castleton. It was later sold to the Kejriwal
family who have continued the ownership until
now. The plantation produces black and oolong
teas. Their second flush china bush are a popular
variety
6GOPALDHARA TEA ESTATE 1881
- It is one of the highest tea plantations in the
district (5500 ft-7000 ft). Before tea the land
was used to cultivate paddy. The tea seeds took
very well to the weather and a new name was
created that would charm tea lovers across with
their fine quality teas. The estate boasts of
exquisite qualities of white, green, oolong and
black teas.
7GIDDAPAHAR TEA ESTATE 1881
Giddapahar, which translates to eagle peak in
English. It does large scale production of the
world famous Darjeeling Tea. This tea estate
produces one of the finest quality of Darjeeling
tea, which is famous across the world. It
features a unique combination of traditional
China, Clonal and Assam bushes. It also produces
green teas in the month of July every year.
8ROHINI TEA ESTATE
The plantation is the newest in the Darjeeling.
It was shut for over 38 years and was reopened in
the year 2000. Today, the total cultivated area
of the garden is around 146 Hectares of which 108
Hectares is young tea. Rohini produces delightful
muscatel rich teas in summer, in its new age
factory.
9SELIM TEA ESTATE 1870 by Mr. Henry Montogomery
Mr. Henry was popularly known as Selim Saheb.
This estate is adjacent to Rohini tea Estate,
Giddapahar Tea Estate and Jogmaya Tea Estate. The
plantation features pure china tea.
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