Beverage Crops (Tea & Coffee)

Beverage Crops

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Tea

Tea production, cultivation of the tea plant, usually done in large commercial operations. The plant, a species of evergeen (Camellia sinensis), is valued for its young leaves and leaf buds, from which the tea beverage is produced. This article treats the cultivation of the tea plant.

Information about TEA

Who Invented tea?

The story of tea begins in China. According to legend, in 2737 BC, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting beneath a tree while his servant boiled drinking water when some leaves from the tree blew into the water. Shen Nung, a renowned herbalist, decided to try the infusion that his servant had accidentally created.

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What is the best soil for growing tea?

Tea is grown in a variety of soils. The best, however, is a light; friable loam with porous sub-soil which permits a free percolation of water, for tea is highly intolerant to stagnant water. In general, the most suitable soils are slightly acidic and without calcium.

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What conditions does Tea need to grow?

Tea requires a temperature ranging from 21°C to 29°C. Tea grows well in the regions which receive rainfall between 150-200 cm. The soil should be well-drained. However, stagnant water damages the tea crops. In its wild state, tea grows best in regions that enjoy a warm, humid climate with a rainfall measuring at least 100 centimeters a year. Ideally, it likes deep, light, acidic, and well-drained soil. Given these conditions, tea will grow in areas from sea level up to altitudes as high as 2,100 meters above sea level.

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where is tea produced?

Tea is mainly grown in Asia, Africa, South America, and around the Black and Caspian Seas. The four biggest tea-producing countries today are China, India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya. Together they represent 75% of world production. China remained the largest tea-producing country with an output of 1.9 million tonnes, accounting for more than 38 percent of the world total, while production in India, the second-largest producer, also increased to reach 1.2 million tonnes in 2013.

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Where it is produced in India?

Tea production volume across India 2019 by state. Tea production in Assam was approximately 702 million kilograms in the fiscal year 2019, the highest to any other region in the country. West Bengal came second that year with close to 395 million kilogram Dibrugarh has rightly earned the sobriquet as the 'Tea City of India'.s.

Consumption of Tea

90%

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Coffee

Coffee production, cultivation of the coffee plant, usually done in large commercial operations. The plant, a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree of African origin (genus Coffea, family Rubiaceae), is grown for its seeds, or beans, which are roasted, ground, and sold for brewing coffee.

Information for COFFEE

Coffee is a tropical plant which is also grown in semi-tropical climate. The coffee tree requires heat, humidity and abundant rainfall. Temperature Temperatures between 73° and 82° F (23° and 28° C) are the most favourable Rainfall. Coffee needs abundant rainfall, i.e., 100 to 200 cm annually. The hill slopes which receive orographic rainfall are thus best for coffee cultivation.

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SOILrich and moist soils, that area capable of rapidly storing water but also of rapidly draining excess water. Karnataka is the largest coffee production state in the country, accounts for nearly 71 per cent. Chikmagalur, Kodagu and Hassan districts of Karnataka are major coffee producer regions of the state. Brazil is, quite simply, the largest coffee producer in the world.

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ConditioNs

The most important conditions necessary for a coffee tree to grow is the presence of a temperate or tropical climate where there is no frost, ample sunshine, and plenty of water. And of course, too much direct sunlight or hydration can have a reverse and detrimental effect upon the trees

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Who discovered coffee ?

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century in the accounts of Ahmed al-Ghaffar in Yemen. It was here in Arabia that coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed, in a similar way to how it is prepared now.

Consumption of Coffee

79%

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