TEA ESTATES IN NILGIRIS

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TEA ESTATES IN NILGIRIS
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• Tea cultivation in Darjeeling and Assam was
  thriving and the British East India Company was
  testing various other parts of India to cultivate
  tea. It was through such experiments that the
  Nilgiris region was found to be good for
  cultivating tea. The variety of tea grown here is
  different from the ones in Assam and Darjeeling
  owing to the weather conditions here - cold, lack
  of moisture unlike the humid conditions of
  Darjeeling and Assam.

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NILGIRISThis blue mountain range is located in
the southern region of India and is the part of
the vast Western Ghats. While, its most famous
attribute is the flower Kurinji (blue in colour)
that grows here. Hence it is called Nilgiri (blue
mountains). It is equally popular for its tea.
The tea found in this region are black, ctc,
green, oolong and white. Most popular are whole
leaf grade Orange Pekoe and Pekoe cut black tea.
Some of the popular tea estates are Craigmore,
Chamraj, Unitea, and Glendale.
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GLENDALE TEA ESTATE 1835

• Glendale means, a valley within a valley and
  stands true to its name with its arresting scenic
  charm. It has a state of the art factory that
  produces Orthodox Black tea, Green Tea and
  Speciality Tea. Owing to its weather which is
  cold, dry and misty the leaves are brisk, golden
  colour with distinct savoury floral aroma.

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CRAIGMORE TEA ESTATE 1884
It was originally incorporated in the UK in 1884,
as Ceylon Land and Produce Company. In 1977 was
purchased by Indoo Shivdasani of the Inlaks Group
and remained as Craigmore Plantations (India).
The estate produces High Grown Orthodox black
teas and High Grown Pan fired green tea for its
loyal customer base worldwide.
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PASCOES WOODLAND TEA ESTATE

• It is one of the two factories owned and managed
  by Craigmore Plantation by the Inlaks Group. It
  produces high quality pan fired green tea that
  clocks at 0.7 million kgs per year.  The teas
  from the tea estate are premium quality orthodox
  teas and most of their produce is exported.

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HAVUKAL TEA ESTATE 2009 BY HUGH FENNELL
Hugh Fennell extensively planted the hill with
Assam tea between 1910 and 1920. Today, it
produces a wide variety of orthodox black teas
and speciality teas throughout the year with no
dormant season and around 85 of their produce is
exported.
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CHAMRAJ TEA ESTATE 1922
It produces high quality black, green, and oolong
orthodox tea. Its factory not only credits
itself with producing fine quality tea but is
also the largest in the Nilgiris region.
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KORAKUNDAH TEA ESTATE 1858 BY SIR ROBERY STANES
It is a part of the UNTE (United Nilgiris Tea
Estates) and had gained entry in the Limca Book
of National Records as the highest tea garden in
the country with tea planted at 8,060 feet. The
expanse of the estate is 925 hectares, of which
275 hectares is the planted area, while a
substantial area is retained as unpolluted
grassland and water-body. It is completely
organic and has developed its own self sufficient
input unit, housing 180 cows, helping them use
cow dung for compost.
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