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 green tea, and fruit teas. Tea-packing factory “Sun Tea Azerbaijan” offer its packaged tea of 5 large trademarks which is exported to the Caucasus, Central Asia and entire CIS, primarily Russia. For its premier brand Azerçay, the company uses leaves from tea plantations in the country or directly from tea producers in renowned tea-growing regions of India, Vietnam and Kenya. To meet supply needs of the factory in Baku, it also gets high-quality Ceylon teas through its Inter Tea, trading subsidiary in Sri Lanka.8. “Sun Tea Azerbaijan” factory packages tea in several weights (50, 100, 250, and 500 grams) in