Darjeeling is the "Champagne of teas," sold by distinct harvest season, or flush. But while many of India's top tea experts point to the autumn... The tea gardens of Darjeeling, in the foothills of ...

“Other types of tea include herbal teas, herbs, fruits, flowers, roots and spices,” Hassani says. “These alternative teas do ...

Darjeeling tea is a type of black tea produced in India. Darjeeling tea has a fruity aroma and a golden or bronze color, depending on the way it’s brewed. Tea experts say it has notes (flavors) of ...

Sight, smell, taste, touch—a cup of Darjeeling tea, they say, is a complete experience for the senses. Each step in the brewing process is crucial: from the type and temperature of the water to the ...

Darjeeling, in the Himalayan foothills, is famous for its tea, its elevated railroad and the view of dawn breaking over Mt. Everest. A writer fulfilled a childhood dream of visiting. By Romy Gill Romy ...

On December 7th tea estates in Darjeeling, a hill station in West Bengal straddling India’s border with Nepal, will carry out the final full-moon harvest of the year. Illuminated by fire-lit torches ...

I still remember stepping off the winding road that snakes up from Siliguri into the hills, breathing in air that tasted of ...

Discover Darjeeling, the Queen of Hills, famous for colonial charm, historic monasteries, scenic landscapes, tea gardens, ...

The Himalayan country’s growers are in the budding stages of a loose-leaf revolution. By Max Falkowitz In 1848, the British East India Company gave the botanist Robert Fortune a mission: smuggle live ...

The Covid-19 crisis changed the lives of Shrey and Sparsh Agarwal, the brothers who are the founders of Indian start-up Alt Carbon. If the pandemic had never happened, the Agarwals probably wouldn’t ...