But the machine-processed fully fermented strong broken black teas, categorized by shape and size, made in the British Empire in Assam, Darjeeling and Ceylon and even Africa from the latter part of the 19th century onwards, and blended to produce different proprietary tea brands, typify "Indian tea."
而十九世紀末葉以來在阿薩姆、大吉嶺、錫蘭等地，以機器製作出色紅、濃醇，以形狀大小分類的全發酵碎型紅茶，是所謂的印度茶。