Tea waiter wearing the distinctive uniform of starched uniform and head dress in one of theICBWCS tea canteens throughout Kerala, India
In villages tea shops are a meeting place of the local men where they read the day’s newspapers. National and international politics are discussed and debated here, thanks to the high literacy of the state. India is one of the leading producer of tea in the world. The countryproduces both ‘CTC’ (“Cut, tear & Curl”) and ‘Orthodox’ types of most commonly tea consumed in India is CTC. About 27 percent of the world’s tea is produced in India. India is also the world’slargest consumer of tea. About 22 per cent of the world’sconsumption is in India. Tea production is both land as well as labour intensive The India Coffee House chain was started by the Coffee Board in early 1940s, during British rule. In the mid 1950s the Board closed down the Coffee Houses, due to a policy change. The thrown-out workers then took over the branches, under the leadership of the communist leader A. K. Gopalan and renamed the network as Indian Coffee House. The first Indian Coffee Workers Co-Operative Society was founded in Bangalore on 19 August 1957. The first Indian Coffee House was opened in New Delhi on 27 October 1957.[1] Gradually, the Indian Coffee House chain expanded across the country, with branches in Pondicherry, Thrissur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Mumbai, Kolkata, Tellicherry and Pune by the end of 1958. Later Bellary and Madras (Chennai) Societies were separated from their mother societies. activity.
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Location: ICBWCS Branch no 4227 tea canteen Kerala
Photo credit: © Gary Blake / Alamy / Afripics
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