For Tea/Chai lovers

The Tea Saga began in China almost 5000 years ago, when Emperor Shen Nung out of curiosity drank the brew, when some of the leaves were accidentally blew in his boiling drinking water creating some interesting fragrance and flavor. The leaves were from the tree Camellia Sinensis. Now commercially known as Tea Leaves.

Tea have some medicinal properties and excellent nutrient value that is why it was used as herbal medicine and antidote for poison in far East. People also used to chew tea leaves for refreshing breath and invigorating effect.

Dutch traders brought tea for the first time, as imported product, to Europe and it later was sold in Britain during 1650s and served as novelty drink in London’s social coffee houses.

Turkey is believed to be largest tea consuming country in most recent times. The usage of tea by traders from china is documented long back in 1620s as the herbal drink taken without sugar with some dried lemon and spices as medicine for headache, gravel and gripe. Tea leaves traded in from China.

British colonists in 1820s noticed similar species of tea leaves in Assam, India but they were thicker in texture tea plants were growing and utilized well in Assam climatic conditions. British East India Company then began large scale production of tea in Assam, India.

It was found that Assamese and Chinese tea leaves though different in look and texture were actually the same species Camellia sinensis. In 1837 first English Tea Garden was established and Assam Tea Company gradually became leading producers of Tea in the world by the turn of 1850.

Tea was introduced in Darjeeling region of India by the help of Chinese and British techniques on steep slopes of foothills of Himalayas. The Technology and knowledge brought by Chinese to India by British collaboration was instrumental, in making Indian Tea Variety, “Darjeeling Tea” a flourishing industry.

The journey of Tea from a High- status drink to popular working class drink is a major milestone in Indian Economy. It is still a popular beverage and close to heart of every Indian as a quick remedy for headache, fever and chill.

A drink when one wants to have a close heartfelt talk, or gossip, or to lessen the burden of day- to- day stress. It is ideal for health cautious people who want to be fit and active, to millions of country men, women and kids who wish to fight diseases and build immunity from most powerful global pandemic strains (where Tea is made as spicy Kadha).

Tea: the Herbal Spicy Drink …acts as “Magic Potion” an affordable, psychological stress buster!