Tea Gardens of Assam

Assam Tea is famous all over the world for its flavor and rejuvenating capacity.The concept of tea has evolved and supported through the tribes of Assam. The discovery of Tea and its commercial production changed Assam's economy. Vast wild forest lands were transformed into beautiful smiling Tea Gardens, along the Brahmaputra & Barak valleys. Today, Assam produces 400 million kgs of Tea, per year. Tea is an integral part of the hospitable Assamese people. They start their day with a cup of the brew and end it with one in the evening.

Most of Assam’s Tea Gardens are located in the Upper Assam and Southern Barak Valley Region. One can enjoy the silence of tea -plantation, a sight for sore eyes. The Heritage Tea Bunglows of Assam are century old Tea executives’ houses. Still retaining its ancient glory and portraying tales of opulent lifestyle of the Tea Executives. Toklai Tea Research Station is the place to head incase you want to know or do your own research on Tea. The place is near the city of Jorhat, Tea Capital of Assam.

Tea-plantations in Assam, unlike those in China or Japan for instance, are comparatively big, spanning hundreds of acre. Thus they offer you the spatial freedom to meander through them, watching the dappled sunlight filter through the shade trees and weave patterns of black and white on the neatly pruned tea-bushes. Dibrugarh located along the river Brahmaputra is the largest tea exporting town in India.

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