Whoever said it is a small world was right in every sense. If we go past the time when there was no mobile phones, telephones, fax, email and above GPS tracking systems no printers. There were no airplanes to travel the world only option we had was travel either by land or by ship. Not even sure if there were accurate maps with the Britishers before they occupied India. The commercial tea production started in Assam after experimenting with different tea plants from Assam and China and after establishing the similarities in the varietals. Assam tea varietal was an indigenous wild shrub which was discovered in the SIngpho settlements in Assam and later named it Assamica. So the scientific name of the wild Assamica tea plant has been named as Camellia Sinensis var Assamica. After seeing the plantation success in Assam Dr Arthur Campbell, a physician who was transferred to Darjeeling from Nepal started planting tea seeds which he got from Kunming in China in a small patch of land in 1841. This is led to the commercial plantation in 1850s by the British.
Knowing the widespread success of tea British started offering land to Europeans who ever wanted to invest and cultivate tea in India. To break the monopoly of the Chinese black teas, British started planting Chinese bushes in Darjeeling. Because of its high altitude and the fertile soil Darjeeling soon became a commercial success with a different taste and aroma. Like Assam produced a very strong, bold, brisk and a full bodied tea which also became a breakfast favourite because of it bold nature and moreover it goes very well with milk. But Darjeeling is smooth, aromatic and became a tea drinker’s choice which is also preferred without milk.
Darjeeling tea is known as the Champagne of teas in the world of tea lover is available in many Online tea shop. Darjeeling tea from the gardens usually follows a very long route and the shortest is to Buy Darjeeling tea online.
The tea from the garden goes through the tea auction to the auction buyer and the rate is decided in the auction center. Generally Darjeeling tea flows through tea auction center in Siliguri in West Bengal. The auction buyer then stores the tea in their respective warehouses from where it is shipped directly to the distributors, wholesalers or the retailers. Like any other edible product tea also has a shelf like, tea loses its original aroma by the time it reaches its end consumers. Hence online tea shop is a preferred destination for tea connoisseur since they get to choose from a wide range of teas.Buy Darjeeling tea online to explore what you were missing so far, tea online store serves the purpose.
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