A small slice of turmeric a day can save you from a number of ailments. The use of turmeric in India goes back thousands of years. It is a custom for all households in India, irrespective of culture and religion, to add a pinch of turmeric to all our cuisines. It is added, not only…
“Breakfast tea” is a term that spelled royalty. As if, all the tea that went into its making were dressed in special flavor, texture, color, and aroma- robust and elegant, to be poured into the antique ceramics of the English elites. Breakfast blends, despite being argued of having their roots in Scotland, were profusely used…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on December 21, 2019 decided to celebrate the 21st of May as the International Tea Day. Isn’t it quite befitting? Tea is one of the oldest known beverages. I have been associated with this blog for quite some time now to know of the importance of this magical concoction.…
The tea we are accustomed to drinking are mostly blends. There are some well-adjusted flavorings that blends have to offer, the precise reason why most renowned tea brands choose blends as their ultimate choice. Blended teas are a good combination, in appropriate proportion, of teas which can either be from different geographical regions within the…
The trending variation to tea is the new Tandoori Tea (though it has been around for quite some time now). The best-tasted teas in India are found in tea stalls, small and big, dotted across the country round the corners, in railway stations, in the buzzing Indian markets, and alongside highways. The tea makers in…
There is one advantage of being a tea aficionado. You get to learn about the varied forms, texture, and taste that tea comes in. Here’s a small peek into this unique tea variation-Kombucha. Besides the esoteric name that first caught my attention, the first question that automatically popped in my head is where it came…
As I study more and more on tea, the boundaries to which its concept was limited in my mind imperceptibly extends. It seems that every corner of the world has its own tea traditions. One such common tradition is the tea ceremonies in Japan – Chanoyu. The Way of Tea Commonly known as ‘Chanoyu’ which…
The Fall is over. The weather changes color from greens and yellows strewn on the ground to what some might call a sullen grey. Winter has been associated with gloom a lot many times. But to me, winters are bliss. Especially Indian winters. The sultry summers are overwritten by misty mornings and balmy days. I…
It is time for the winters. No matter how much I love winters, there is one thing I dread. And that is cold. Cold as in not the opposite of warmth cold but the disease cold. The scratchy throats, stuffy noses and incessant headaches and congestion is not what I look forward to. India is…
The importance of questions is what I would like to start this article with. For some reason, I found it to be an important point of entry to this particular aspect of the realm of tea. For most of us, tea is a tradition, a hand-me-down through generations. We go to the market, pick the…
