Kerala, India. Tea picker at work plantations introduced by British settlers in colonial times, India isWorld's largest exporter

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Kerala, India, Tea plantations and tea cultivation were introduced to Kerala by British settlers in colonial times, when they found that the temperature and soil conditions of the hill ranges of Kerala were suited to tea cultivation. India is today the world's largest tea producer and exporter. Tea bushes are maintained at waist height so the leaves can be plucked easily. Tea picking is carried out by hand, usually by groups of women. Their agile fingers pick only the bud and first two leaves of each shoot and place them in a basket slung behind their backs. The women often sing as they work to help them sustain a rhythm as they move along the rows of tea bushes. The tea leaves are processed after plucking and sorted into categories based on fermentations and other processing treatments. The three broad classifications of tea are - Green Tea, Oolong Tea and Black , Tea picker

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Location: Kerala, India
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