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Tea is consumed not only in Indian cities but in its villages. Most of our tea comes from the Eastern Himalayas. There are huge tea plantations in the lower hill regions of Assam. The new leaves of the tea bushes are hand plucked, Then shed and dried in machines. Tea is the key commercial crop of Assam.​

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A fairly recent BBC investigation shed light on the squalid living and working conditions existing on some tea estates in India’s northeastern state of Assam. Some of the world’s best-known tea brands buy from these estates.1 The report elicits many questions about the need for greater visibility and accountability along the supply chain, as well as about the price of a simple cup of tea (Camellia sinensis, Theaceae).

Assam is a Y-shaped state containing 32 districts that lies at the southern edge of the Eastern Himalayan Mountains and straddles the Brahmaputra River.2-4 It is contained within an area of land surrounded by Bhutan to the northwest, China to the north, Myanmar to the east, and Bangladesh to the southwest. Assam is the largest tea-producing region in the world.4 According to the Tea Board of India, for the 12-month period that ended March 31, 2015, the state produced 606.8 million kilograms of tea (more than 1.3 billion pounds), accounting for 50.7% of India’s total production for that time period and approximately 13% of total world production.5,6 At the end of 2013, 304,400 hectares (more than 1,175 square miles) in Assam were dedicated to the production of tea.7