08/12/2021
WHERE IS TEA GROWN?
India is the largest tea growing country, and Assam tea is their most famous produced tea which takes 30 % of total tea production. China is the second largest tea growing country before Kenya. The country of Kenia is located on the equator, and tea fields are mostly in mountain area with rain forest climate. Next is Sri Lanka and they also produce Assam tea.
The tea fields are usually located on the hilly side of the mountains, and the harvest starts from the bottom of the mountains and gradually move up to the upper area. Harvest continues all through the year. Uba tea is also well known tea produced in Sri Lanka. After Sri Lanka, it comes Indonesia, then Turkey, and Japan.
Georgia is a small country looking out the black sea, and it used to be a part of the Soviet Union. When Georgia was still a part of the Soviet Union, expanding tea cultivation was proceeded by the government. The latitude is same as Iwate prefecture in Japan, and Georgia is considered to be the most North area for tea cultivation.
Iran is also famous for growing black tea, and Vietnam also produce some amount of green tea. Surprisingly, one of the finest quality tea is grown in New Zealand.
Table below shows top 10 Tea producing countries in the World
Rank Country Metric tons of tea produced PA
1 China 2,400,000
2 India 900,000
3 Kenya 305,000
4 Sri Lanka 300,000
5 Turkey 175,000
6 Indonesia 157,000
7 Vietnam 117,000
8 Japan 89,000
9 Iran 84,000
10 Argentina 70,000