I write about tea so what am I doing writing about travelling? Well, tea and travelling can actually be quite related. In fact, in the western world particularly in Europe and USA visiting the tea gardens and tea estates from where they get their tea, is a passion and a full-time travel objective. In simple words travelling for tea or […]
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Matcha tea is currently sweeping the whole world for various reasons – its beautiful visual, believed health benefits, distinct aroma and perhaps also its history. Matcha is a powdered tea based on which the entire Japanese Tea ceremony was built way back in the 12th century. Matcha tea is distinguished from other teas by the fact that the tea bushes […]
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India is the world’s second largest tea producer and produces some of the best quality teas in the world. In fact our teas are so good, that our Darjeeling Tea is called the Champagne of Teas. Not only that, when a tea growing nation tries to market their tea globally they benchmark it against our teas (my firsthand experience at […]
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The history of tea is as fascinating as the history of mankind. Some believe that tea was first ‘discovered’ some 4000 years ago in China when a king, who was sleeping under a tree had kept his hot cup of water, right next to him, to be taken when he woke up. The story goes that some leaves of the […]
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My wonderful experience of conducting the maiden tea workshop in Chennai
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“I was a coffee drinker all my love until I came to Smart iDeAS! Then something happened – an interesting and unexpected change that turned me into a tea lover. How I still remember the fights I used to have with my mom for fixing me tea instead of coffee as she was a tea drinker! Would you believe if […]
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Yes! You got it right. Tea is very similar to wine, though more complex, when it comes to the appreciation and food pairing process. As a good wine can be measured buy its ‘body’ and ‘aroma’, so is tea. The difference you need to keep in mind is that wines come from various varieties of grapes, while Tea comes from […]
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India produces one of the finest qualities of teas in the world – like the quintessential Darjeeling Tea. And yet! We as a nation never learnt how to truly appreciate tea as a fine drink or learn how to make a perfect cup of tea! What a pity! Perhaps, this comes from the lack of knowledge and understanding about Tea and […]
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