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Stories of the Indian tea already more than 150 years, it has begun in 1863 when the English ships of the East Indian company have brought from China tea-plants to India and began to grow up them in Assam. The crop hasn’t kept itself waiting, and tea plantations began to develop in other areas of the country. Traditions of manufacturing of the Indian tea pass from father to son. Tea possesses fine curative properties.

The Indian tea is made and for consumption in the country, but basically goes for export. 99 % of the made tea sent for sales in other countries, are купажом low quality. Such Indian tea can have any name and a trade mark. Blends happen also quite good quality, their minus is that they are astable. Grades of tea for blend manufacturing mix up every year in different proportions, and having bought one year ago good tea, on following you buy tea with absolute other characteristics, but under the same name. Therefore be careful at purchase of the Indian tea.

There are only four grades of the Indian tea which sell in the pure state, instead of as a part of blends. These grades of the Indian tea cost much, they possess good flavoring characteristics.

The Indian tea Darjeeling Tea – the most expensive, elite tea from India.
Assam Tea – more tart tea, than Darjeeling, but less fragrant.
Nilgiri Tea – the tea which is grown up in the south of India. This Indian tea often position as elite tea, but its flavoring characteristics according to the experts don’t deserve the right to be called elite. Taste at tea a little rough, sharp. At заваривании tea has the sated color, its taste bright. Often for нилгирис give out blends of grades of tea of ordinary plantations.
Sikkim Tea – this grade has been deduced more recently, it has appeared in the market in 1980 – 1990. This tea is grown up in area which on the conditions is very close to environmental conditions in which Darjeeling is grown up.
Tea possesses characteristics of Darjeeling: from it it took a delicate perfume and light color of tea leaves, and qualities of Assam: easy malt aroma.
Sikkimsky tea though also not so known, but its price is commensurable with the price of Darjeeling.