meetings an interval is set apart known as Tea break. It is a
common phenomenon to find Tea shops partic-ularly in India and
in most Asian countries. In Kerala it is called Chaya Kada in
Tamilnadu it is called Tea Kada and in northern parts of India it is
called Chai Ki Dukhan. It is a pleasure to watch the tea makers
making tea for their customers.
India is the largest producer and consumer of black tea in the
world. Tea is grown in 15 States in India, of which Assam, West
Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala account for about 95% of the total
tea production. The traditional States where tea is grown to a
small extent are Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar
and Karnataka. The non-traditional States that have entered the
tea map of India in the recent years include Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim. The teas
originating from Darjeeling, Assam and Nilgiris are well known
for their distinctive quality the world over. Tea exports contribute
foreign exchange into the country; the sector also contributes
revenue to the tea growing states and national exchequer by way
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