Tea it is sometimes served with biscuits to be dipped in the tea and eaten before consuming the tea. More often than not, it is drunk in "doses" of small cups (referred to as "Cutting" chai if sold at street tea vendors) rather than one large cup. On 21 April 2012, the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission (India), Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said tea would be declared as national drink by April 2013. The move is expected to boost the tea industry in the country. Speaking on the occasion, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said a special package for the tea industry
Tea growing in Azerbaijan Tea growing in Azerbaijan In Azerbaijan, Lenkeran-Astara region is mainly specialized in tea-growing in the area of approximately 5.33 thousand square km. including the districts of Astara, Lenkeran, Masalli, Lerik, Yardimli, and Jalilabad. The first time, the idea of growing tea in the humid regions of Caspian Sea sector in Azerbaijan was suggested in the 1880s and 1890s. In that time Lenkeran-Astara region attracted attention due to favorable climatic conditions for tea-growing. At the end of the 19th century, M. O. Novoselov (Russian expert) planted the first experimental of tea bushes in the Lankaran region. In 1896, for the first