{"id":6821,"date":"2023-03-30T01:16:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:41:08","slug":"what-is-kangra-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-kangra-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Kangra Tea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Kangra Tea:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a type of tea produced in the <strong>Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>high-quality tea<\/strong> that is known for its <strong>unique flavour, aroma<\/strong>, and <strong>colour<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>made from the leaves<\/strong>, buds, and tender stems <strong>of the Camellia sinensis species<\/strong> cultivated in the Kangra valley.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black tea and green tea <\/strong>have <strong>both been cultivated<\/strong> in the Kangra Valley.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In India<\/strong>, Kangra tea received the <strong>Geographical Indication (GI) designation in 2005<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kangra tea <strong>leaves are narrow<\/strong> and have a <strong>multi-stemmed frame<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Green tea has a<\/strong> <strong>subtle woody aroma<\/strong>, while <strong>black tea has a sweet, lasting aftertaste.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>light colour<\/strong> and a <strong>high body in liquor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Geographical Indication (GI)?<\/h3>\n<p>A geographical indication (GI) is a distinctive sign used to identify a product whose quality, reputation or other such characteristics relate to its geographical origin.GI status gives consumers a guarantee of authenticity, quality and distinctiveness linked to origin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/himachal\/himachal-pradeshs-kangra-tea-gets-european-gi-tag-492392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Himachal Pradesh&#8217;s Kangra tea gets European GI tag<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kangra Tea is a type of tea produced in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}