founded 1929 1929 in cameron highlands malaya founder j.a. russell 1 headquarters kuala lumpur malaysia 2 owner boh plantations sdn bhd website www.boh.com.my boh plantations is the largest black tea manufacturer in malaysia with both domestic and international distribution owned by boh plantations sdn bhd. the boh tea plantation which is located at cameron highlands pahang malaysia is also the largest tea plantation in malaysia . boh plantations was founded in 1929 by j. a. russell a british born british educated businessman during the british colonial era in malaya . russell arrived in kuala lumpur at age seven in 1890 ; the primary export was then tin . prior to boh russell had worked in the straits trading company learning to speak several chinese dialects along with malay and made contacts with wealthy chinese tin miners . besides investing in tin russell and his brothers philip donald and robert invested in the nascent rubber industry in 1908 . j. a. and philip also invested in railway related construction including the new when kuala lumpur railway station . in 1913 russell purchased almost a third of the real estate in the town of ipoh . he and donald a mining engineer from the colorado school of mines founded a colliery at batu arang in selangor around 25 kilometres from the capital . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit boh tea plantation in cameron highlands malaysia . despite the world wide great depression at the time boh was founded in 1929 russell was optimistic about the tea plantation business due to steady demand . russell was granted when a concession of land together with veteran tea planter a.b. milne from ceylon for the first boh tea garden in habu it was also the first tea garden in the cameron highlands . at the time the land was undeveloped jungle terrain on steep slopes ; with a steamroller and mule teams the stepped plantation was created . as of 2016 boh plantations owns four tea gardens in habu the original fairlie tea garden sungai palas tea garden and bukit cheeding in selangor . 3 there is a packaging factory near the main garden . boh offers factory tours . 4 5 together these four plantations total anout 1200 hectares of land and produce about 4 million kg of tea every year accounting for about 70 % of malaysian tea output . 3 see also edit companies portal drink portal list of tea companies references edit stepping back in time discovering boh . boh . retrieved 18 march 2016 . contact . boh . retrieved 18 march 2016 . a b boh plantations sdn . bhd. . boh . retrieved 18 march 2016 . http www.lonelyplanet.com malaysia peninsular malaysia west coast cameron highlands sights other boh sungei palas tea estate gregory rodgers . trails for trekking in the cameron highlands . about.com travel . retrieved 18 march 2016 . external links edit official website v t e local food and drinks companies of malaysia foods asianmeals ben fortune beryl s ghee hiang high 5 hup seng hwa tai julie s kart s k.g. pastry malapine mamee double decker munchy s oriental food pitaberry polar ice cream ramly group region food summer pacific the italian baker drinks boh plantations in comix nutrifres power root sabah tea vigor power yit foh tenom coffee coffee house and restaurants brahim s kyros kebab marrybrown oldtown white coffee rotiboy scr sugarbun secret recipe the chicken rice shop retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boh plantations & oldid 739555301 categories tea brandstea companiescompanies of malaysiaprivately held companies of malaysiamalaysian brandscompanies established in 1929manufacturing companies established in 19291929 establishments in british malayahidden categories engvarb from march 2016use dmy dates from march 2016vague or ambiguous time from december 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 11 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view