Kanan Devan Munnar Tea Museum

What makes Munnar different from other hill stations is definetly its tea estate. The glorious greenery is such an awesome view which refreshing eyes and mind. Munnar’s Kanan Devan Hills Plantations is the largest tea manufacturing industry in India. The famous Munnar tea museum of Kanan Devan is located in Nallatanni estate, just 5km drive from Munnar town. It is at the same time an industry and history museum. Tata tea museum is its official name. It is a tribute to its pioneers who turns the high range into famous tea estates. There are a lot of tourists who visits Munnar are carrying home impressions of past tea planting districts. This museum aims to depicts the culture and growth of this tea plantation district which has been formed more than a century. It portrays each milestone from the rudimentary tea roller to the fully automated tea factory.The tea museum gives the first hand knowledge in tea processing and making of black tea. Visitors and tea lovers can see various stage of tea processing like crushing, tearing and curling. Also you can see

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• the granite sundial made in 1913 which greets visitors at the entrance of the museum.
• the memorabilia preserved inside, include an iron-age burial urn from 2nd century BC.
• the tea roller of 1905.
• old time CTC tea processing machine — rotor vane.
• Pelton wheel used in power generation plant in 1920.
• a rail engine wheel which is used to transport men and materials from Munnar and top stations.

Another part of the museum also displays the ancient bungalow furnitures and office equipments of colonial area. Another attraction is all varieties of tea tasting. Through this photographs, machinery and other curios, you can exactly known the tale of Munnar’s evolution as a tea estate hub.