Question
Write the difference between the cultivation of two important beverages, tea and coffee.
| Factors | Tea | Coffee |
| Climate | Tropical and sub-tropical climate required. 21°C to 29°C is ideal for the production of tea. The high a temperature is required in summer. The lowest temperature for the growth of tea is 16°C. 150-250cm of rainfall is required for tea cultivation. | Coffee is grown on the tropical highlands. It requires a temperature between 16 degrees C and 28 degrees C, all year round. It is sensitive to cold and frost. Direct sunrays are injurious to the plant; it is often grown in the shades of other trees. The coffee plant needs rainfall ranging between 125cm and 200cm. The rainfall should be well distributed throughout the year. |
| Soil | Tea shrubs require fertile mountain soil mixed with lime and iron. The soil should be rich in humus. | The coffee plant needs deep loamy soil formed from weathered lava. Coffee soils in India belong to red and lateritic soils. They are rich in iron and organic matter. |
| Landfrom | Tea is grown favourably on well-drained gently rolling plain lands, low plateau areas, and hill-slopes. | Hill slopes and plateau areas are favourable for coffee cultivation. |
| Demand | Tea is the most popular beverage in India leading to high internal demand. | Coffee is the second most popular beverage in India and it also has a relatively gigher price. |
| Labour | Tea is one of the most labouri ntensive types of cultivation cultivation, but its requiring an abundant supply of cheap and skilled labour. | Coffee is also labor-intensive cultivation, but its requirement are much less than that of tea. |
| Areas of production | Major tea-producing states are Assam, hills of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts, West Bengal,Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. Apart from these, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh and Tripura are also tea-producing states in the country. | Coffee cultivation is confined to the Nilgiri in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. |
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