The island of Java, for example, is one of the leading tea
producing areas in Indonesia. A first attempt by the Dutch at
the end of the 18th century failed, although a second project in
the early 19th century succeeded. Plants were imported from
Assam and successfully harvested. Although the quality of some
plantations may be debatable, there are still some major
plantations left such as Taloon, Malabar and Cisaruni, with
particularly aromatic black teas. There have been tea
plantations in the Americas, for example in Brazil and Argentina
since the mid-1950’s and in Oceania. They are, however,
peripheral.