Ambootia

Ambootia
अम्बटे
Ambotay
Tea Estate
Ambootia
Location in West Bengal
Ambootia
Ambootia (India)
Coordinates: 26°52′N 88°15′E / 26.867°N 88.250°E / 26.867; 88.250Coordinates: 26°52′N 88°15′E / 26.867°N 88.250°E / 26.867; 88.250
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Darjeeling
Lok Sabha Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)
Administrative Body Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Area code(s) 734203

Ambootia or Ambootay (Nepali: अम्बटे) is a Tea Estate just below Kurseong in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains in Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal in India. Nepali is the main language spoken by the local population.

Nearest major transport service

Service Name Location Distance
Railway Station Siliguri Junction Siliguri 37 km
New Jalpaiguri Junction (NJP) New Jalpaiguri 42 km
Airport Bagdogra Airport Bagdogra 42 km
Bus Terminal Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminas Siliguri 37 km

Tea

Ambootia, is one of the most famous tea estates in Darjeeling.[1] It was amongst the first tea estates established by the British tea planters in the 1850s and is the second largest Darjeeling Tea producer in India.[2] In 1992, it transitioned to 100% certified organic and bio-dynamic production and in 1994, Ambootia was Fair Trade certified.[3][4]

Ambootia Group now has 15 tea estates within its portfolio of which, 12 estates are in Darjeeling and two each in Assam and Dooars.[2]

"Over the past 12 years, Ambootia – or the Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Private Ltd – has acquired 12 of the 87 Darjeeling plantations and has become internationally renowned for its high-quality teas".[5]

Ambootia landslide

In October 1968, a large landslide in the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region was triggered by high volumes of rainfall. The Ambootia landslide, as it was called, remained active until revegetation began to stabilize it in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[6]

Notable persons

Hira Devi Waiba

See also

Tea

Darjeeling tea

Tea processing

References

  1. ↑ "ambootia Archives - The London Tea Company". The London Tea Company. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  2. 1 2 Ghosal, Sutanuka (2009-08-10). "Darjeeling's Ambootia Group buys Bush Tea". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  3. ↑ "Ambootia Tea Estate - Darjeeling Tea Garden". Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  4. ↑ "AMBOOTIA Darjeeling summer flush Organic". www.mariagefreres.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  5. ↑ "The tea estates being revitalised in the mountains of Darjeeling - Co-operative News". Co-operative News. 2017-11-02. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  6. ↑ LESZEK, STARKEL (KRAKÓW). "AMBOOTIA LANDSLIDE VALLEY — EVOLUTION, RELAXATION, AND PREDICTION (DARJEELING HIMALAYA)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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