Indian tea culture the Yandaboo Treaty. In 1837, the first English tea garden was established at Chabua in Upper Assam; in 1840, the Assam Tea Company began the commercial production of tea in the region, run by indentured servitude of the local inhabitants. Beginning in the 1850s, the tea industry rapidly expanded, consuming vast tracts of land for tea plantations. By the start of the 20th century, Assam became the leading tea producing region in the world. But despite the discovery of the indigenous "Camellia sinensis" plant, the tea industry in India began with 42,000 seedlings germinated from a consignment of 80,000 seeds
Tea growing in Azerbaijan main directions of state policy in the field of tea growing consist of stimulation of investing activities and cooperation, expansion leasing and agro-services, improvement of quality and increase in export of tea products, protection of the domestic market, and also improvement of social security and preserving ecological equilibrium in regions where tea is grown up. The law approved by the former President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev (December 17, 2002) aims to ensure recovery and development of tea growing in the country by tea production incentive, creation of economic and legal guarantee for delivery to the consumer market of the competitive,