Archive | October, 2011

Darjeeling Tea industry receives good news this Diwali

Diwali, is one of India’s most widely celebrated Hindu festival. However celebration may differ from one region to another and from on cultural community to another. For instance, Diwali is not only a “festival of lights” for the people of the Darjeeling hills, but a “festival of flowers” as well, when all house doors adorn [...]

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Are they drinking Darjeeling Tea? Gandhi ji and Lord Mountbatten

I got to this photo when I stumbled upon wikipedia’s M.K. Gandhi page. Its a photo of Lord Mountbatten and Gandhi ji, sharing some moments together, sipping tea. For us crazy tea lovers, anything perceived as “tea” or “related to tea” can manifest a bombshell of questions – the same thing happened to me when [...]

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A great Darjeeling Tea tour – GEPA video

I stumbled upon a Google+ post by a tea lover, Jackie D about this Darjeeling Tea video done by GEPA, a Fair Trade Company from Germany. This video according to vimeo’s video profile page was posted by Anne Welsing on Vimeo – depicts a condensed visual story of GEPA’s Darjeeling Tea tour. TEATIME FOR ALL [...]

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Darjeeling Tea -ing: Just like her father

Like father, like daughter! Yes, thats true, my 8 year old daughter is so used to seeing me sniffing, slurping and spitting tea – now tasting of Darjeeling Tea has to be done collectively with her most of the time. When ever I take her out to a particular Darjeeling Tea garden she sees me [...]

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