Kolukkumalai Tea Factory
Location: Kolukkumalai, near Munnar, Kerala.
Founded in: 1930
Status: In Operation.
Industry: MANUFACTURING (Tea)
Founded in: 1930
Status: In Operation.
Industry: MANUFACTURING (Tea)
Set up by the British. At about 8,000 feet above sea level, this is world’s highest organic tea estate and tea factory where tea is still made by hand.
The Kolukkumalai tea estate was started in the early 1900s by a Scottish planter. Little has changed here since the colonial planters left. There are no modern machines or computerised systems, and many of the really old machines proudly display the labels of their English manufacturers and time stamps that date back to the 1940s.
The Kolukkumalai tea estate was started in the early 1900s by a Scottish planter. Little has changed here since the colonial planters left. There are no modern machines or computerised systems, and many of the really old machines proudly display the labels of their English manufacturers and time stamps that date back to the 1940s.
Sources:
1.https://www.thebetterindia.com/62396/world-highest-organic-tea-estate-kolukkumalai/
2.http://www.kolukkumalai.com/
3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolukkumalai
4.http://www.keralatourism.org/munnar/kolukkumalai-munnar.php
5.https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kolukkumalai-tea-estate
1.https://www.thebetterindia.com/62396/world-highest-organic-tea-estate-kolukkumalai/
2.http://www.kolukkumalai.com/
3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolukkumalai
4.http://www.keralatourism.org/munnar/kolukkumalai-munnar.php
5.https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kolukkumalai-tea-estate