Tea culture Assam tea is known for its robust taste and dark colour, and Nilgiri tea is dark, intensely aromatic and flavoured. Assam produces the largest quantity of Tea in India, mostly of the CTC variety, and is one of the biggest suppliers of major international brands such as Lipton and Tetley. The Tetley Brand, formerly British owned and one of the largest, is now owned by the Indian Tata Tea Limited company. On April 21, 2012 the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission (India), Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said that tea would be declared as national drink by April 2013. Speaking on the
Tea growing in Azerbaijan which grown in the Lankaran. Azerbaijani tea consumed mainly within the borders of Azerbaijan, but it also exported to neighboring states, such as Turkey, Russia (Dagestan), and Georgia. The main tea-growing bases of Azerbaijan today are Lankaran, Astara, Lerik, Masalli, Zakatala and Balakan districts. Currently, in Azerbaijan, the development of tea-growing is related to Lankaran-Astara economic region. In the Sheki-Zagatala economic region, this growth is relatively weak. The local tea plantations lie between the Caspian Sea and Talysh Mountains where the subtropical climate and humidity make it possible for growing tea. Statistics for total planting area harvesting and productivity over