New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- In recent years, all talk of Darjeeling tea comes with a gloomy outlook, at risk of turning into a cautionary tale. Not long ago, the region produced nearly 10 million kilos a y... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- Last week, I took a short break in Wayanad. Tea was part of the plan but I chose to stay on a coffee estate. The estate was not directly involved in running the hospitality wing ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Indian independence and its aftermath had an unexpected effect on the subcontinent's tea industry. It created three industries: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. When the East Ind... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- On the India Tea Collective WhatsApp group, a recent chat was about sourcing compressed tea cakes from Assam. It got me thinking about how much has changed in recent years. Back i... Read More
New Delhi, July 19 -- Tea has an image problem. In India, we still think of it as comforting and familiar, or as a drink to pause, unwind with. Both are true, but they carry a passivity that does tea ... Read More
New Delhi, July 5 -- Whenever I mention the tea flower, I am almost always met with momentary surprise-does a tea plant actually produce flowers? Given that the tea plant is part of the Camellia genus... Read More
New Delhi, June 27 -- In Coorg's Mooleh Manay estate there's a tree species that has been around for as long as anyone can remember. They call it Excelsa. For decades, it served as a boundary tree, sh... Read More