Many firms established before the coffee and tea plantations in Cherambadi, Devala, and Pandalur in the early 1880s on the assumption that there might be gold in Wayanad. The Wayanad had seen the development of several mining firms, but they were all a commercial disaster for the investors.
In 1897, tea planting started on the Wentworth estate, which was once owned by the Wentworth Gold Mining Company. Others quickly followed, and the region mostly transformed to be a tea area.The steep hills of Wayanad were traversed by roads built by the British. Tea bushes were planted beginning in 1897 and continued through 1902. With a velvety carpet of green tea leaves covering the hilly ranges, Wayanad is now a haven for nature lovers. Wayanad is Kerala's second-largest tea-growing region after Munnar now.
The Harrisons Malayalam Ltd.-founded Tea Museum is located in the middle of Wayanad's tea gardens. The Tea Museum was founded to raise knowledge of the background and customs of the tea business. A former three-story tea factory that was destroyed in a fire in 1995 was converted into the museum. The museum features historical artefacts that detail the manufacture of tea. Old photographs of tea factories and gardens can be found in Wayanad, along with machines used to prepare tea leaves in the past. Along with many other topics, the museum offers information about the development of the tea business during the past 100 years.
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