Question: In 1867, in which Florida county did the Florida Tea Company propose to grow tea plants on a plantation?
Answer: Madison County
In 1867, the Florida Tea Company published a prospectus proposing to grow tea plants on a plantation in Madison County. They claimed that this enterprise would yield as much as a quarter of a million pounds of tea per year. However, due to the dire economic conditions experienced across the state following the Civil War, this doesn’t appear to have ever occurred in Madison or even Florida.
