Tea is the most popular drink in the present day world. We get it from tea leaves. Tea leaves were obtained from a kind of small plant which had its origin in China. There it was and is still called ?Cha? from which English word ?Tea? is derived. Tea is one kind of main cash crops of Bangladesh. It is an important item in our export and it earns a fair amount of foreign exchange of our country.

Only a couple of centuries ago, tea were unknown in Europe and when it was first introduced in England, it was a costly delicacy which only the rich could afford to drink. But now-a-days it has become very cheap and readily available. It is now grown in large quantities in India, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Indonesia. In Bangladesh it is grown in Syllet and Chittagong.

Exports earnings by tea in 2011-2012 stood at 28.6 crore taka which is a good amount of our foreign exchange.

Tea is very useful to the people of cold countries.It refreshes the body and mind. It gives energy for work. It also helps us to keep awake. But it kills hunger. So too much of it is bad for health.

Info source: http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/econdata/export/yearlyexport2011-12.pdf

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