tea plantation

Luxury Tea: Hug In a Cup

Kaveree Bamzai

Luxury tea in India takes off as consumers learn to distinguish the first flush from the second, the single estate from the blend and the handrolled from the CTC. Welcome to the world of beautiful packaging, great stories and exclusive tea rooms

Two Leaves and A Rebellion

Charmy Harikrishnan

A few thousand women in the hill ranges of Munnar challenge the male dominated trade unions of Kerala

Is Tea Had Any Better?

Jaideep Mazumdar

A tea planter in Darjeeling is training workers to take over his estate. And he is not doing it for fear of insurgency—it’s because that’s the only way to grow the best tea in the world.