Article · Estates & Terroir
The Shade Trees Assam Kept on a Feeling
Planters clearing forest for the first Assam gardens left the Albizia standing because they suspected tea wanted a canopy. It became doctrine before anyone could explain it, spread from Assam to half the tropics, and was not priced until a 1965 field trial put a number on what the shade costs.
Aug 13, 2026 →