When properly brewed, it yields a thin-bodied, light-coloured infusion with a floral aroma. Then I discovered, tucked into a nook, the bungalow in which Hooker stayed with his friend Dr Archibald Campbell, superintendent of Darjeeling and political agent to Sikkim. However,in 1833 after losing the monopoly in the China Tea Trade, the Company had to look for another source of supply to keep the business afloat.

Notes on Eastern Thibet. of Darjeeling. The advent of Darjeeling tea dates back to the mid-early 1800s when India still was under the colonial rule of the British Empire.

Price … Commercial plantations were well established by the 1850s cultivating both Assam and Chinese teas, with Campbell himself a leading pioneer with Dr J.R. Withecombe and Major J.A. Archibald Campbell: Birthdate: estimated between 1163 and 1199: Death: Immediate Family: Son of Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochawe Husband of Finlay mac Gillivrail Father of Sir Archibald Campbell of Lochawe Brother of Duncan Campbell. Tea planting in Darjeeling officially began in 1841, when the first superintendent of Darjeeling, Archibald Campbell, experimented by planting a few chinary tea seeds near his house.

And Emily Ann, … In 1839 Archibald Campbell, a civil surgeon of the Indian Medical Service was transferred as superintendent of Darjeeling from Kathmandu, Nepal. Archibald Campbell (doctor) (1805–1874), Superintendent of Darjeeling sanitarium Archibald Campbell (died 1868) (1809–1868), formerly Archibald Douglas of Mains Archibald Campbell (cricketer) (1822–1887), English cricketer Dr. Archibald Campbell proved it all wrong within two years of his arrival at Darjeeling as the newly appointed Superintendent in 1839. Darjeeling tea is a tea grown in the Darjeeling district, Kalimpong District in West Bengal, India, and widely exported and known.It is processed as black, green, white and oolong tea. He predeceased his father and died before March 1440.
founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin’s closest friend, thought of Darjeeling as a place too high with too little sun and too much moisture to grow tea. Archibald Campbell, M.D. Darjeeling came into British map in the year 1835 (Read the History of the Hill City of Darjeeling) but soon after that, it started attracting British population.

He is … Archibald Campbell (philosopher) (1691–1756), Scottish moral philosopher; Archibald Campbell (notary) (1790–1862), seigneur and notary in Lower Canada; Archibald Campbell (doctor) (1805–1874), Superintendent of Darjeeling sanitarium; Archibald Campbell (died 1868) (1809–1868), formerly Archibald Douglas of Mains 1874. 150347166, citing St Laurence Churchyard, Upton, Slough Borough, Berkshire, England ; Maintained by Iain MacFarlaine (contributor 46514200) . It was in 1839 when Dr. Archibald Campbell came as a Superintendent of Darjeeling, the first possibility of cultivating Darjeeling tea came up. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL Master of Campbell (aka GILESPIC CAMPBELL or CELESTIN CAMPBELL) Archibald Campbell is the son of Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochow, afterwards Lord Campbell, and his wife Marjory Stewart. In 1840 Dr Archibald Campbell took charge in the new Darjeeling colonial settlement where the experimental cultivation of tea was soon introduced. He started experimenting with the Chinese tea saplings that were sent from Kolkata. The establishment of the tea industry in Darjeeling is due to the enterprises of Dr. Archibald Campbell, who was appointed Superintendent of Darjeeling at a time when attention was being attracted to the possibility of starting the developing the cultivation and manufacture of tea in the territories under the East India Company.