CHA - Interesting Facts...
- So rare is Darjeeling tea that takes 22,000 young shoots to make 1 kg. Of Pure Darjeeling Tea!
- Tea has been around for almost 5000 years...it was accidentally discovered in China in 3727BC!
- The Chinese gave tea its first written character - Cha in 8th century AD. Since then, tea is called Cha or Chai in Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Portugese and of course, in most Indian languages!
- Legend has it that TEA was discovered by a fortunate 'accident' by a Chinese emperor Shen Nung in 3727BC.
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