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
New Delhi, June 20 -- On the morning of our third day in Arunachal Pradesh, our host Omak Apang, the owner of Donyi Polo tea estate, announced that we were heading up to the mountains to meet a tea fa... Read More
New Delhi, June 6 -- My introduction to Donyi Polo tea estate in Arunachal Pradesh was through their famed Golden Needle teas that earned a record price in the auctions back in 2019. Over these years,... Read More