Teas by Origin: India

It was not until 1610 that The Dutch East India Company is formed and establishes trading links with China. And by the 1700’s Britain imported more that 100,000lbs a year and Thomas Twinning opened the first Teahouse in Britain in 1717. There have been very few changes to tea since the 1800’s, however in the UK we have begun to drink less of the medoicre tea bag tea and are moving toward the finer whole leaf Speciality Teas. India is now the worlds biggest exporter of tea, accounting for almost 70%. India specialises in Black Tea with Darjeeling said to be the Champagne amongst tea.