20 March 2012
For the past two days samples of tea have been delivered in large numbers at my tasting room. As soon as they arrive I taste the contents of the little…
11 March 2011
This is Abhishek Dev, the tea grower at the Teesta Valley Tea Estate. He is one of six brothers, and most of them work in the tea trade. He started…
5 February 2016
Around the world, much more Darjeeling tea is sold than is actually produced in Darjeeling. There are also considerable differences between gardens in terms of quality, and considerable differences in…
12 September 2014
In most tea-producing countries, the best teas are plucked by hand. This means that growing high quality tea often requires the participation of many men and women. Not only is…
