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After what is always an anxious wait, the first batch of our first flush samples for 2013 finally arrived from Darjeeling. Thanks to modern transportation samples now take under a week to arrive from the gardens of Darjeeling! It's incredible. Think how long the wait must have been not too long ago when couriers were still rudimentary and expensive. We're lucky indeed!

I was recently in Darjeeling. During the trip I visited Risheehat tea estate. An organic tea garden, Risheehat is owned by Jayshree Tea Company, which has got tea gardens in every tea growing region of India. Our customers have thoroughly...

Even as Earth Day approaches, there are signs here in upstate NY as well as across the world, in the remote fastness of the Himalayas, that something strange, almost bizarre, is going on in the weather. Signs, did I say?...

It was dark as I peered into the bowels of the tea bushes. I must have been about five or six, when I ventured out on my own beyond the train tracks where the tea plantation was. It was perfect...

You can always depend on Goomtee tea garden to produce good quality Darjeeling. It is the quiet workhorse of the industry. If you are looking for a classic Darjeeling first flush, sans any stunts, Spring Exotica is for you. DRY...

We are happy to release the first of our spring green teas for this year. And nothing can be more delightful than to start with Emerald from the Arya Tea Estate. Emerald is always among the best of Darjeeling green...

On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this 22 April, we had announced our decision to donate 10 per cent of all our sales proceeds for a month to a Darjeeling-based environmental NGO, Save the Hills. On our main website...