{"id":235401,"date":"2023-03-31T19:32:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=235401"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:17:28","slug":"himachal-pradeshs-kangra-tea-gets-european-gi-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/himachal-pradeshs-kangra-tea-gets-european-gi-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra tea gets European GI tag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S<\/strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cHimachal Pradesh’s Kangra tea gets European GI tag<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>published in The Tribune <\/strong>on\u00a029th March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra Tea has got a European Union Geographical Indication Tag (GI tag).<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: Kangra tea received the Indian GI tag in 2005.<\/em><\/p>\n

About Kangra tea<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It is a type of tea derived from the leaves, buds and tender stems of the Camellia sinensis species as cultivated in the Kangra valley (Himachal Pradesh, India).<\/p>\n

Main characteristics of the kangra tea<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

-It have multi-stemmed frame, and narrow leaves.<\/p>\n

-‘Kangra tea’ has distinctive nutty, winter-green, woody floral aromas in its flavour profile. The ‘Kangra tea’ imparts a sweet aftertaste.<\/p>\n

-‘Kangra tea’ has a light colour and high body in liquor.<\/p>\n

Grown in<\/strong>: Kangra tea is grown 900-1,400 meters above sea level, on the slopes of the Dhauladhar mountain range in the Western Himalayas.<\/p>\n

It is planted from seed stock raised in the Kangra valley and other selected varieties for the region.<\/p>\n

Rain<\/strong>: The Kangra area yearly receives high amounts of rainfall. For example, the city of Dharmshala and its surrounding areas are recorded to be the second highest rain-receiving areas after Mawsynram of Meghalaya state in India.<\/p>\n

Nutritional contents<\/strong>: ‘Kangra tea’ leaves contain up to 13% of catechins and up to 3% of caffeine and amino acids such as theanine, glutamine, and tryptophan.<\/p>\n

Method of production<\/strong>: It is produced using high efficiency whole leaf-orthodox manufacture. It means that ‘Kangra tea’ is made up of whole leaf and flavour-enriched leaves with the highest content of polyphenols (catechins).<\/p>\n

Advantages<\/strong>: The tag will help Kangra tea to get an opportunity to enter the European market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cHimachal Pradesh’s Kangra tea gets European GI tag\u201d\u00a0published in The Tribune on\u00a029th March 2023. What is the News? Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra Tea has got a European Union Geographical Indication Tag (GI tag). Note: Kangra tea received the Indian GI tag in 2005. About Kangra tea It is a… Continue reading Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra tea gets European GI tag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-235401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}