Chasing Thars in Munnar
November 12th 2010 You only need to leave the monsoon forests of the Western Ghats and emerge into the high-altitude tea plantations of Munnar to realise just how many cups of tea must be drunk around the world each day.
The century-old bushes cover about 60,000 acres of the surrounding hills like a bright green patchwork quilt. Every 10 days their fresh leaves are 'plucked' and taken for processing in one of 1
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