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From: alan machado
Tea needs an elevated and cool region and so is grown in some places on the
inland slopes of the western ghats- Kelagur and a few other estates- very
limited unlike coffee. Goa does not have this climate though I read some where
of some wild coffee bushes- perhaps some experiment
Further inland to the south east you get the higher Nilgiri mountains where tea
is grown extensively. Then you go to the Himalayas- Assam and Darjeeling.
That's it for India
Alan Machado
Thanks to Frederick Noronha.
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On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:51 AM, William Robert Da Silva wrote:
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>There was once a D(eputy) C(ommissioner), Mangalore, in undivided South
>Kanara, a researcher in his own right while in bureaucratic harness. His name:
>H. L. Nagegawda. He translated as many as possible European travellers'
>"-logue" into Kannada in many volumes, called 'Pravaasi kann'da Indiaa.' You
>have material there on Coffee and Tea as discussed by travellers. He also
>wrote a monograph, "Bet'ttadinda bat'ttalige" (From Ghat to Glas), the story
>of divine elixir, kavveh of the Ethiopeans; and chai of Chinese (this latter
>partly). Later he turned to folklore and established a Folklore Museum,
>singlehanded. It is worth a visit.
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>In Western ghats, besides Nilgiris, there is Kelaguru and Meguru; Kellaruuruu
>Matthias's cultivated tea; I have visited and passed days in their estate,
>celebrating Eucharist in their private chapel, in 1970s. I have also seen the
>Tea picking, Two leaves and a bud'; the process of various types of tea, until
>the 'dust tea' is left - famous in south India, cooked with milk, ginger, etc.
>and drunk. It is not merely boiled but cooked! This tea is called "KeLgur
>Tea.'
>
>William
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>>From: Mário Moura
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>>Dear
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>>My name is Mário Moura, I am a PHD History sudent, I was born, raised and
>>live in Azores, Saint Michael's Island, Portugal as I am completing a seminar
>>on tea production and exportation in the ancient colonial portuguese empire,
>>I wonder if you know if tea has been grown in Goa or elsewhere?
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>>Mário Moura
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