Unusual countries for growing tea

[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

[Xavier]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[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).

[Anonymous]

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

[peter]

@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.

[Xavier]

I heard that it is mostly used for iced teas.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Author]

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