The paper deals briefly with the various aspects of the tea cup that cheers and cures. Tea is the most popular beverage in the world which is consumed widely next to water. Tea industry is one of the largest foreign exchange earner as well as a high employment generator. Tea cultivation is highly ecofriendly. It could be a large revenue earning business as its prices vary from Rs. 100 to Rs. 2 lakh per kg or more in the world market. It holds tremendous opportunities for R & D interventions in the areas of field and factory operations, mechanization in the field, start- up projects in product diversification and marketing of tea. Being an old plant based industry; its modernization will go a long way in overall improvement of the economy.