tea planter
Camellia sinensis farmer
A tea planter is someone who cultivates tea commercially, typically managing a plantation in tea-growing regions like India, Sri Lanka, or China.
The term evokes colonial-era estates where British planters oversaw large agricultural operations: His grandfather was a tea planter in Assam.
It can also refer to someone who simply plants tea bushes.
- estateProperty and grounds
- estate managerOverseer of property holdings
- CeylonSri Lanka's former name
- AssamTea-producing Indian state
- DarjeelingBengali mountain tea town
hill station · colonial · British Raj · colonial era · sahib · hillside · rolling hills · terrace · picker · harvest · leaves · bush · cultivation · monsoon · altitude · morning mist · bungalow · overseer
- farmersfarmer, grower, smallholder, cultivator, rancher
- Indian occupationsayah, coolie, sepoy, rickshaw driver, peon
tea, planter, teas, plant, plants, planted, planting, plantation, plantations