Indian Tea

According to history, a Scottish mandarin who brought a tea plant illegally from China in 1848 is responsible for starting the entire voyage of Indian tea. The British, who wanted to break China's monopoly on tea and had discovered that Indian soil was ideal for growing these plants, are thought to be responsible for the genesis of tea in India. These Chinese seedlings were sown in the early tea-growing regions of the Assam valley and the towering mountains of Darjeeling. After more than 14 years, India's tea industry started to take off, allowing for the production of tea that was on level with, if not superior to, that of China. They helped India grow into and remain one of the world's two major producers of tea, behind China. As you can see, the tea industry survived the British colonial era in India.

In the 1900s, during and after the Great Depression, the culture of Indian tea drinking began to change. Modern Indian teas can be boiled in water or milk instead of just being soaked in boiling water. You may say that this is the first time a caffeinated beverage has been served. Combining indigenous aromatics like ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and bay leaves with British influences like adding milk and sugar resulted a more casual blend