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Tea was originally a Chinese export traded by the East India Company in [[Macao]] and was at the time (1750) a more valuable revenue stream than India. The trade was lost and it was not until 1834 when native tea plants were found growing in Assam that interest was reignited. The first export of tea from India was 12 tea chests in 1838. In 1839 The Assam Tea Company took over the East Inda Company's tea plantations. By 1860 tea producing a million pounds (weight) was being produced in
*Assam
*Travencore
*Nilgiri Hills
*Kangra Valley
*Darjeeling
*Terai
*the Dopars
*Chittagong (now Bangladesh)
== Records==
From the end of the 19th century special sections covering '''tea plantations''' appear in Thackers Indian Directories. [http://www.shop.fibis.org/fact_files.htm ''FIBIS Fact File No 3 - Indian Directories by Richard Morgan '']states "The tea section lists within each area the names of the firms, their “tea gardens” (areas under cultivation), the trade mark or logo of the company as it was stamped on their tea chests , the postal address, acreage, proprietors, general managers and assistants, Indian agents and addresses, and London Agents and addresses”
