Darjeeling black tea production in India has plummeted by 90%. Tea prices may soar.

Darjeeling black tea, one of the three largest black teas in the world, has recently been greatly affected by the sudden outburst of local races and a general strike, including a 90% drop in tea production in June, which has a great impact on the global tea market.

Foreign media reported earlier that the Darjeeling tea area in the eastern state of West Bengal in India, which is at the foot of the Himalayas, produces about 10,000 tons of tea a year and is a well-known producer of black tea, but recently, due to the violence of the local aboriginal Gorka and Bengali ethnic groups, the Gurkha ethnic group launched a strike by fierce means, causing many deaths and injuries in the process.

During the second harvest period of Darjeeling black tea from the end of May to the middle of July, nearly 8 million kilograms of black tea were sold each year, mostly from this period, but after the unrest, the output of tea in June fell to only 140000 kilograms, down 90 percent from 1.33 million kilograms in the same period last year. As a result, the world is facing a serious shortage of black tea, and the local tourism industry has also been hit. Some forecasts even point out that the price of tea will rise by more than 20% next, and some Darjeeling tea gardens may take several years to recover.