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  • Ashwagandha powder and Triphala powder
    May 13, 2020

    New Healing Herbals

    We are extremely excited to now be offering some Ancient Indian Powerhouse healing herbs... Ashwagandha and Triphala. These are some of the most important functional herbs used in Ayurveda, a 3,000-year-old natural medicine tradition from India. 
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  • Darjeeling Sungma Tea
    May 1, 2020

    Staying Sane During Stay-At-Home

    It has been around six weeks since we have been confined to our homes. Handling bosses and projects remotely, challenges of home-schooling, lack of socialization, stream of negative news and political rancor that refuses to diminish would wear out the best of us. Given that, I want to share some centering practices that may help you keep your sanity and find a little peace.
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  • Jun Chiyabari tea farm in Nepal
    April 26, 2020

    Jun Chiyabari Nepal on COVID-19 and First Flush 2020

    Last week we received an email from Bachan Gyawali, the owner of the farm, updating us about the current status at Jun Chiyabari. We were happy to hear some positive news and we thought of sharing it with you here. I will extensively quote Gyawali because it gives you a sense for what it is like on the other side of the planet - almost the same as it were here. The challenges and the triumphs (there are few but they are there) in a world that has never felt this small before.
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  • Tea pluckers at Puttabong Tea Estate, Darjeeling. Summer 2019
    March 27, 2020

    COVID-19 and Its Impact on Tea Production

    Darjeeling first flush 2020 tea, as well as tea from Nepal for the season, will be a rare commodity this year. This sweeping pandemic has brought most of the world to a halt, including tea production. The timing is particularly sad, because now is when plucking begins for some of the world’s finest tea – Darjeeling.
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  • Tea ware at Metropolitan Museum of Art
    January 13, 2020

    Tea ware at Metropolitan Museum of Art

    It was a great way to kick off 2020 for us: a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city where some priceless tea articles from Japan were on display as part of the exhibition "Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination."
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  • Tea Garden Visits - India Summer 2019
    August 18, 2019

    Tea Garden Visits - India Summer 2019

    Two things I most love about my job - spending time with customers, and visiting the tea gardens back east. Every time I am driving around the hills where the tea is grown, the beauty of the place makes me feel utterly blessed that I can do this for a living.
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  • India Trip, Summer 2019
    August 16, 2019

    India Trip, Summer 2019

    I just got back from India after a two and a half week trip. Although it was not the intent but me and my travel companion, who in this case happened to be my 12 year old daughter, Tara, ended up "Chasing the Monsoons", like the travel writer Alexander Frater in his once popular book. And like Frater discovering -  in our case rediscovering - the overwhelming life force of India even as the heavens hosed down the sub-continent.
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  • Nepal Tea Arrives in NYT
    June 12, 2019

    Nepal Tea Arrives in NYT

    It was wonderful to see Nepal tea given a lavish spread in New York Times food section recently. We have been selling Nepal tea since spring of 2014. Our customers and us know that these teas are special and have been enjoying every cup of it for all these years. Happy to be ahead of the curve!
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