The Effect of the Applying Modern Methods of Tea Cultivation on the Quality of Iranian Produced Tea

Iran is among the countries that has a higher mean of tea consumption than the world,so that by having 1% of world population consumes about 5% of total tea of the world (1) and in terms of consumptions is the 9 th tea consumption country in the world (2).Although, by passing one century from commencement of tea cultivation and production in Iran, tea cultivation surfaces has been developed and numbers of tea making factories has been increased, no progress has been made in improvement of quality of produced dried tea and this product is not accountable for qualitative and quantitative needs of consumers (3).However, low quality of Iranian tea and lack of interest the consumers lead to reduction of selling domestic tea and their accumulation in warehouses with no standards and proper facilities. In case of continuing this process, thousands of people occupied in the various stages of production and selling will be unemployed and the country will face more severe economical problems. Thus, in this research in order to prevent these problems and with the objective of increasing the quality of domestic tea, the effect of the applying modern methods of tea cultivation on the quality of Iranian produced tea is assessed. Method of library studies and field research were used and essential information for answering the research question was collected by applying interview and questionnaire. In this research Mean, Standard Deviation and Column Chart have been used as descriptive statistics for defining and describing variables and Two sided T-Test has been used as inferential statistics for answering the research question. After analyzing obtained data from questionnaire, research hypothesis was confirmed in confidence level of 95%. Therefore, it can be stated that in confidence level of 95%, applying modern methods of tea cultivation effects on quality of produced dried tea.