Which tea is the best? Well, it’s a debatable question with individual choice and preference. But, if you want to start the series of articles on India’s GI products, then Darjeeling Tea must be the starting of the program as it’s India’s first ever GI tagged product. Darjeeling Tea, often hailed as the “Champagne of…
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GI Products of India
The year was 2004. The international market was flooded with a counterfeit “Darjeeling Tea” from Nepal and Sri Lanka claiming up to 90% of sales labeled as authentic. This forced the Tea Board of India to invoke a new law to fight back. Born from the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999,…