Indonesia
For over two hundred years tea products has been a way of life in Indonesia , with Java and Sumatra being the primary growing regions. After the second world war the Indonesian tea estates where in very poor condition. Factories had been destroyed during the war and many tea bushes had reverted to their wild state. By 1984 after considerable investment tea exports from Indonesia began to make their mark on tea market. Investment continued and by 1994 Indonesia had over 128,000 hectares under tea cultivation with 57,000 being on the island of Java . In this year Indonesia exported eighty thousand tones of tea, accounting for 8% of the world exports.
Teas from this country are known to be full of flavor and to be light and most of the crop is sold for blending purposes. Recently there has developed a market for Indonesian tea as a specialty tea often served without milk garnished with lemon instead.
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