There appears to be no record whatsoever to indicate that tea was ever planted on a commercial scale in Goa. However, there is record of coffee plantation. According to A.B.Braganca Pereira (Ethnography of Goa, Daman & Diu page 154 "Large scale coffee plantations are found in Sattari"). The Book written sometime in 1940 details all the crops grown in Goa and tea is not mentioned.
It may be noted that in recent times hybrid heat resistant varieties of tea plants have emerged and I have myself seen such plantations in Siliguri in West Bengal where the weather is as hot as in Goa. I myself have a two year old potted tea plant which seems to grow well. Attached hereto is the photograph of my tea plant On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:18 PM, eric pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > 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. > ----------------------------------------------- > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:51 AM, William Robert Da Silva wrote: > > > > > >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. > > > >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 > > > > > > > >> > >> > >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>From: Mário Moura > >> > >> > >> > >>Dear > >> > >> > >>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? > >> > >> > >> > >>Mário Moura > >> > > > > __._,_.___ > . > > __,_._,___ >
