Darjeeling Tea 2011

Ambootia, is one of the best known tea areas of Darjeeling, It was among the first tea estates set up by British tea planters in 1850 and is the second largest tea producer in Darjeeling in India. The Darjeeling Tea Company of England founded the Ambootia Tea Garden in 1861 and was taken over by Indian entrepreneurs in 1954 after India achieved independence in 1947. Today The Ambootia Group – or Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Private Ltd – has acquired 12 of the 87 Darjeeling plantations and has become internationally renowned for its high quality teas