Tamil Nadu Tea

Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri) Tea

Also known as the Blue Mountains, Nilgiris are spread across the southwestern tip of India and lies at an altitude of forty five hundred feet. Grown all the year round, Nilgiri teas are relatively mild and is mellow, light and clean liquor. Besides, Nilgiri teas are often used in blends

A tea tour to south India will take you to the Nilgiris, a picturesque range of hilly landscapes. It is here that you will find tea gardens at elevations ranging from 1000 meters to 2500 meters.

The tea estates in Nilgiri produce tea that is mild in taste with a mellow and clean liquor. Moreover, tea is grown all year round in the Nilgiri region, unlike Assam and Nilgiri where it is but seasonal. Having a lateritic origin, the Nilgiris soils are red and yellow loam. Most tea plantations here get two monsoons owing to which the tea bushes in South India 'flush' all the year round resulting in cropping season throughout the year.

Tea produced in the tea estates in Nilgiri give a fine and pronounced flavor. The flavor of the tea is derived from the high elevation and prevails throughout the year in the varying degrees. Considered as blender's dream, Nilgiri teas give the liquor body and strength as well.

The tranquil ambience, soothing greenery and salubrious climate - everything about the Nilgiri region spells magic. So why don't you experience this magic for yourself with a tea tour that will add up as an experience to cherish for life.

Tea and Health Factors

The Healthy effects of Green Tea

Green tea, with its sweet aroma and eternally fresh taste has been approved and drunk since its introduction to Japan centuries ago. Modern research has finally put up why as a functional food Green tea is indispensable and should prove a popular beverage for the health conscious generation. It is indeed as researchers say "A miraculous medicine with an extraordinary power to prolong.

Green Tea has the following components

Tea & Cancer

Researchers from the National Center for Toxicological Research in the United States demonstrated that the flavins and polyphenols significantly inhibited the growth of human pancreatic and prostrate tumor cells.

Their research also indicated that tea could have a role to play in changing the genes involved in the process of causing cancer. Another study published in the International Journal of Cancer indicated that men who drink between 2 and 3 cups of tea per day might reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer by up to 30% compared to the non tea drinkers.

Tea & Cardiac Ailments

The natural oxidant properties of tea may help reduce the risk of developing heart disease. The polyphenols in tea have beneficial effect on two long established heart disease risk factors - High Cholesterol - High Blood Pressure.

To quote Dr Simon Maxwell, Clinical Pharmacologist, Edinburgh University, "Dietary flavonoids may play in reducing the risk of circulatory diseases".

Tea & Oral Health

Tea is one of the few natural sources of fluoride and has been shown to have positive effect on preventing tooth decay and gum disease. Scientists believe that drinking tea improves oral health by helping prevent dental caries, by minimizing the possibility of dental plaques, the scale caused by mouth bacteria that leads to gum disease

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