The brewing and cultivation of Tea in India has a long history of applications in consumption and for usage in the traditional system of medicine. Research show that tea is an important drink in the northern and eastern states of India. Tea production in India began only after the arrival of British East India Company and during that period large volume of lands was converted into mass tea production sites. In addition, India is acting as one of the largest exporters of tea among the other countries of the world.

Particularly some of the states in southern part of India are producing 200m kilograms of tea and half of this production capacity from south India is used for exports. In the past, most of the tea products produced in the Southern part of India were exported to the Soviet Union.

Like other manufacturing sectors, tea manufacturing sector also has some top companies, whose tea products are widely used not only in India, but also by the people of other countries as well and the names of these companies are given below:

Top three tea producers in India:

• Godrej Tea Limited

• Tata Tea Limited

• Hindustan Unilever Limited

Some of the details regarding these top three players in the Indian Tea manufacturing sector are given below:

Godrej Tea Limited:

Godrej Tea Limited belongs to the popular Godrej Group, which is operating from its headquarters in the city of Mumbai. Godrej Group is a million dollar company in India and Godrej Tea Limited was established by this group in the year 2002. Later in the year 2006, food business was merged with Godrej Tea Limited and the name of the company was changed as Godrej Beverages and Foods Limited. They are engaged in the production of tea in the form of black tea, green tea, tea packets and tea bags. They are experts in catering to the tea requirements of the people with 100% satisfaction in terms of price and quality.

Tata Tea Limited:

Tata Tea Limited also called as Tate-Tetly, holds the pride of being the second largest distributor and manufacturer of tea. Teat Tea Limited is owned by India’s most famous Tata group and they have business collaboration with some of the tea manufacturers in foreign countries like Tetley and JEMCA. Some of the popular brand tea products produced by Tata Tea limited through the business collaboration Tate Tetley and JEMCA. Tetley is a largest tea company in Canada and the United Kingdom and JEMCA is a leading tea company in the Czech Republic. Some of the other tea products of Tata Tea Limited are Good Earth Teas and Tata Tea.

Hindustan Unilever Limited:

Hindustan Unilever is one among the top FMCG Companies in India and they also hold the pride of being the world’s largest tea company since they are engaged in the production of quality tea products through their tea estates in the northern and southern parts of India. They are also engaged in the export of tea products and some of their popular tea products among the Indian tea consumers are 3 Roses, Red Label, Brooke Bond Taj Mahal, Lipton, and Taaza and they offer different flavors of tea under each of these popular brand names.

Tea being one of the most popular and refreshing beverages not only India, but also in other countries of the world, these companies reach the homes of most of the people with a cup of tea every morning. India’s tea is regarded as finest tea in different parts of the country and these companies contribute towards this fame earned by the country. Moreover, these companies are also offering wide range of employment opportunities to people belonging to backward regions of the country, wherein their tea estates are located.