Tea Diaries

In India, the culture of evening Chai is very prevalent. Families get together around 5 pm (dinner time in the US) and indulge in chai, biscuits, snacks and on special occasions - Pakoras are made!A...

Worker Ringing the Main Bell for lunch   Time Management The way that the US has 6 time-zones and Russia has 11, India simply has one - IST - Indian Standard...

Salty Black Tea is Preferred Everyday black tea is brewed in large batches and transported to the tea fields for the pluckers to drink. This happens 4-5 times a day as the pluckers prefer to get...

Camellia Sinensis (the tea tree) is actually a TREE but human beings over centuries have turned it into a SHRUB, so it remains at a convenient height for us to pick...

The tea plant (camellia sinensis) like most other plants originates from seeds. Only 1-2% of tea plants tend to grow these seeds, hence its always a race to find the best seeds from the best clones...