Tea Industry

Tea Industry

Assam is the world's single largest tea growing region, producing more than 1,500,000 pounds of tea annually. Assam has a first flush and a second flush tea. The first flush tea has a rich and fresh aroma, while the second flush produces the famous tippy tea (with a golden colour leaf). The golden tip presents in Assam tea makes it sweet and smooth and is more popular throughout the World. Due to the rainfall of 100-150 inches per year, it helps the tea plantation.

Assam's black tea is divided into two categories (1) orthodox and (2) CTC (Crush, Tear and Curl). There are nearly 188 major tea estates in Assam managed by different private companies. The following major tea companies are :

Tata Tea	Nagaon, Sivsagar, Darang, Dibrugarh
Brooke Bond Lipton India	Dibrugarh
Mcleod Russell India	Sonitpur, Sivsagar
George Williamson (Assam)	Darang, Dibrugarh
Bishnauth Tea Co	Darang
Assam Company	Dibrugarh, Nagaon, Jorhat, Sivsagar
Warren Tea	Dibrugarh
AFT Industries	Darang, Dibrugarh
Assam Brooke	Darang
B & A Plantation & Industries	Jorhat
Dhunseri Tea & Industries	Dibrugarh, Darang
Bengal Tea & Fabrics	Sivsagar, Cachar, Lakhimpur
Tezpore Tea & Company	Darang
Goodricke Tea	Darang
Jayshree Tea & Industries	Sivsagar, Cachar, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Nagoan