tea came from assam in the british empire.
tea came from assam in the british empire.
where did tea come from in the british empire?
assam
chinese legends attribute the invention of tea to the mythical shennong (in central and northern china) in 2737 bc although evidence suggests that tea drinking may have been introduced from the southwest of china (sichuan/yunnan area). the earliest written records of tea come from china. the word "tú" 荼 appears in the "shijing" and other ancient texts to signify a kind of "bitter vegetable" (苦菜), and it is possible that it referred to many different plants such as sowthistle, chicory, or smartweed, as well as tea. in the "chronicles of huayang", it was recorded that the ba people in sichuan presented "tu" to the zhou king. the qin later conquered the state of ba and its neighbour shu, and according to the 17th century scholar gu yanwu who wrote in "ri zhi lu" (日知錄): "it was after the qin had taken shu that they learned how to drink tea." another possible early reference to tea is found in a letter written by the qin dynasty general liu kun who requested that some "real tea" to be sent to him.
tea
both orthodox and ctc tea from the assam, dooars and darjeeling gardens are sold in volumes. they are packed in tea chests, paper sacks and jute bags, and are marketed mostly through the public auction system, private and consignment sales, exports and direct sales either in original or blended form.









































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some of the most popular tea variants of goodricke tea come from its darjeeling tea gardens. the gardens include margaret's hope, castleton, badamtam, barnesbeg and thurbo. the teas from these gardens are usually sold to buyers from japan, europe and the united states.









































assam
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