The fate of the healthiest tea produced in the world in Mazandaran
About 32,000 hectares of land in the north of the country are under tea cultivation, of which about 90% is in Gilan province and 10% in Mazandaran province and only in the western regions of this province.
Agricultural experts believe that Iran is one of the producers of organic tea in the world and most domestic producers, especially in Mazandaran province, do not use pesticides and chemical fertilizers to produce green tea leaves, and therefore Iranian tea is the healthiest tea in the world. .
According to these experts, at present, due to lack of awareness, people consume domestically produced tea and lack of proper marketing, this product is still not welcomed by consumers and the majority of people use foreign tea.
Marketing experts also believe that branding is the only way to introduce West Mazandaran tea to consumers in the country and even abroad, and this can have a significant impact on the production and sales of this product.
The main origin of tea is China. India has been a producer since then, but the tea plant was first introduced to China about 5,000 years ago and brought to Europe in the 17th century by the Dutch.
The history of tea consumption in Iran dates back to the seventeenth century, but the cultivation of this plant in Iran was first done by the efforts of ‘Mirza Mohammad Ali’ known as Kashif al-Saltanah in 1276 AH.
Kashif al-Saltanah, a graduate of the Sorbonne University in France, worked as the Consul General of Iran in India this year, during which time he learned how to cultivate, harvest and process this product and transferred his experience to Iran.
In general, tea is divided into three main categories; First the black or fermented tea that we consume daily, then the semi-fermented tea known as oolong and puchong tea, which is light brown in color and the non-fermented tea that we know today as green tea or Chinese tea.
Currently, in countries around the world, especially European countries, there is a great tendency to consume this type of tea or brew due to its very high properties.
In Iran, tea consumption is so high that currently the per capita consumption of dry tea in the country has reached one kilogram and 400 grams and is the fourth largest consumer of dry tea in the world.