Disaster brewing for Darjeeling tea after terrible weather and bugs damage crops in India

[Tea Plantation Workers - Related News]

Its fragrant and delicate taste has been a favourite of British tea aficionados since the 1850s. But now Darjeeling is under threat due to terrible weather in India, and a blight of bugs. Estate owners in the Himalayan foothills where the tea is grown say their crops are facing 'disaster', potentially threatening the one of the UK’s top choices for a posh cuppa.