International Tea Day 2020
- 1st International Tea day is being observed today, i.e 21st May 2020.
- It will be observed annually according to the United Nations.
- The day will help raise awareness about the long history about one of the most favourite drink in the world, its cultural root and economic significance.
- Tea likely originated in the region encompassing northeast India, north Burma, Yunnan and Tibet, as a medicinal drink. An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the 3rd century AD, in a medical text written by Hua Tuo, a Chinese physician.
- The British introduced tea culture into India in 1836 and into Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1867. At first they used seeds from China, but later seeds from the clonal Assam plant were used.”
Only black tea was produced until recent decades mostly in India, except in Kangra (present-day Himachal Pradesh) which produced green tea for exporting to central Asia, Afghanistan, and neighboring countries.
स्रोत – इंडियन एक्सप्रेस
