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Purple tea is a source of pride for Kenya

Purple tea is part of Kenya’s identity. The colour refers to the tea variety rather than the way the leaves...

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The tea route

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Tea is more than a drink; it’s a way of life, a journey and a path. There is no need to hurry. Take your time to look around you. The…

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A new book on tea

14 November 2025

For twenty years, I’ve dreamed of adding the subject of tea to Plon’s “Dictionnaire Amoureux” collection – and now I’ve done it! (Translator’s note: this French series of essay-style “lover’s…

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Tea in Bhutan

31 October 2025

People in Bhutan have always drunk tea brought in from Tibet and China by yak. However, just under twenty years ago, following a visit from a young South Korean agronomist,…

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Wonderful encounters

24 October 2025

In Bhutan, most tea comes in the form of dreadful tea bags filled with broken tea leaves. Another option is butter tea, which has an unappetising name but is an…

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In search of remarkable teas

17 October 2025

Throughout my travels as a tea researcher, I have often set out on a trip not knowing if I would discover an exceptional tea or if my efforts would be…

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SafeTea™, our safety system

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Two weeks ago I promised you that a wonderful Rohini Early Spring would be arriving, and that it would be available after the obligatory food safety analyses. Sadly, we must…

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While we wait for Darjeeling, here’s Kotagiri Frost

5 March 2021

The teas of Southern India offer an interesting alternative to those in the north when the latter haven’t been able to grow due to lingering low temperatures. In the Nilgiri…

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Meticulous work

31 July 2015

While you’re brewing your tea, you can’t always imagine how much work has gone into it already, with the harvesting and processing of each little leaf. The manual sorting, done…

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