The tea plant (Camellia sinensis) is indigenous to India. According to East India Company records archived at the Kew Gardens Library collection, “a Mr Gardiner, resident of the EIC at the Court ...

The variety of Camellia sinensis used in Darjeeling tea grows best in cool, wet conditions. This is why it grows so well in India at the foothills of the Himalayan mountains. Typically ...

Now, even the US’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recoganised Camellia sinensis ... tea industry. Bidyananda Borkakoty, NETA advisor and former Vice-Chairman of the Tea Board of India ...

In January, the North Eastern Tea Association launched an year-long celebration to commemorate 200 years of Assam tea. For this is where the story of India ... of Camellia sinensis by Nathaniel ...

The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) and the Indian Tea Association (ITA) have welcomed the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) certification of Camellia sinensis tea as a healthy beverage.