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[[Tea ]] was originally a [[China|Chinese ]] export first traded by the [[East India Company ]] in 1685 from [[Canton ]] (up river from [[Macao]]) and the trade was in 1750 a more valuable revenue stream than all of India. The trade was lost in 1833, and a year later native tea plants were found growing in Assam. Interest was reignited, the first export of tea from India was 12 tea chests in 1838. The Assam Tea Company took over the East Inda India Company's tea plantations in 1839. By 1860, a million pounds (weight) of tea was being grown in:*[[Assam]]*Travencore[[Travancore]]*[[Nilgiri Hills]]*[[Kangra ]] Valley*[[Darjeeling]]*[[Terai]]*the Dopars[[Dooars]]*[[Chittagong ]] (now Bangladesh)