Tea is one of the most refreshing and popular beverages of the world. India being the world's largest producer, exporter and consumer of tea, there is wide scope for careers in this industry.

An interesting profession can be in tea industry for those who do not wish to take up a routine job. Surprisingly, till a couple of years ago, there were not many institutes where one could pick up the basics of tea industry.

All jobs relating to tea-tasting, auctioning or supervising tea gardens- were learnt on the job.

Now, a lot of institutes hope to change all this. These institutes have introduced one-year diploma courses in tea management. The focus of these courses are to develop complete tea managers, who would be as much at home with the agronomy of tea plantation as with the finance, labor welfare issues, environment, dispatch, packaging, marketing and brand development of the product.