INDIA (West Bengal - Darjeeling) June 2007, Women plucking tea at Makaibari tea garden.The Darjeeling tea industry has a workforce of 45000 tea pluckers who get a salary of 1 USD a day. Most tea pluckers are from the tribal community. Makaibari produces the most expensive tea in the world. They produce the tea organically (without using any fertilizers or spraying pestic
INDIA (West Bengal - Darjeeling) June 2007, Women plucking tea at  Makaibari tea garden.The Darjeeling tea industry has a work force of 45000 women tea pluckers who gets a wage of 1 usd a day. Most of the tea pluckers are from the tribal community. Makaibari produces the most expensive tea in the world. They produce the tea organically (without using any fertilizers or spraying pesticides)through permaculture.  Makaibari is situated at the misty foot hills of Darjeeling Himalayas - Arindam Mukherjee