Unusual countries for growing tea

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    • August 14, 2011 at 10:07 #6081

      Xavier
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      @xavier

      I just found some really interesting new tea plantations/gardens.

      After the one in Nantes (France), http://tinyurl.com/3o354u8.
      I read in Tea and Coffee Asia about one in Switzerland http://tinyurl.com/3qxccqu, one in Cornwall (United Kingdom) http://tinyurl.com/63q262h, one in Washington (USA) http://tinyurl.com/3qrh4fh

      They also mentioned two that should become operational in the near future, one in California http://tinyurl.com/454gho7 and the other one on Vancouver Island http://tinyurl.com/4xahsxz

    • August 14, 2011 at 10:08 #6082

      Xavier
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      @xavier

      Do you know of any other unusual countries/places to grow tea?

    • August 17, 2011 at 15:37 #6083

      Anonymous
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      Hawaii, Georgia (the country), Portugal, Argentina, …thats all I can think of at the moment!

    • August 17, 2011 at 16:20 #6084

      Xavier
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      @xavier

      Portugal, we talked about it. 😀
      I remember that it was not in mainland Portugal but in some of the islands (although I don’t remember which one).

    • August 18, 2011 at 09:21 #6085

      Anonymous
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      Argentina?  As of May 2011, 41.9% of the tea imported into the US was from Argentina – mostly used in commercial and teabag blends and RTD’s

    • August 18, 2011 at 12:43 #6086

      peter
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      @teasetc I’d be interested in reading the source on that information. That Argentina info is interesting since, that makes up for a huge amount of the American tea supply. Never viewed the Argentinian tea industry as one with that kind of capacity.

    • August 18, 2011 at 15:45 #6087

      Xavier
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      I heard that it is mostly used for iced teas.

    • August 23, 2011 at 10:16 #6088

      Anonymous
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      Peter, the figures are compiled by the Tea Association of the U.S.A., Inc. based on USDA-FAS and Bureau of Census Reports. They are published monthly on the Tea Associations website in the Members Only section.

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