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  • Photo of Steve Smith, founder of Stash, Tazo and Smith Teamaker courtesy of wsj.com
    March 24, 2015

    Steve Smith - Darjeeling's Darling

    Photo of Steve Smith, founder of Stash, Tazo and Smith Teamaker courtesy of wsj.com

    We are shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing away of Steve Smith, the founder of Stash, Tazo and finally Smith Teamaker. Smith shared a special relationship with Darjeeling, and his death is going to be mourned by many there.

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  • The start of Darjeeling First Flush 2015 plucking. At Maharani division of Margaret's Hope Tea Estate.
    March 11, 2015

    Darjeeling First Flush 2015 Update

    The start of Darjeeling First Flush 2015 plucking. At Maharani division of Margaret's Hope Tea Estate.

    Darjeeling first flush 2015 production is off to a slow start. The weather once again is proving to be a challenge; thankfully, it does not seem as bad as last year. Rainfall has been lower than average for the months of January and February, and the temperatures are hovering below normal for the period.

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  • Happy Holidays from Happy Earth Tea!
    December 26, 2014

    Happy Holidays!

    With grateful hearts we wish you and your family all the joy, beauty and peace of the season from our snow clad Rochester, NY. Hannukah Sameach! Merry Christmas! Joyous Kwanzaa! Or, whatever brings cheer to your heart!Have a great New...

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  • Photo of woman in Darjeeling
    April 17, 2014

    Darjeeling First Flush 2014 Report

    Photo of woman in Darjeeling

    Weather continues to challenge tea folks in Darjeeling. Even as the first flush production moves into its final week, reports estimate the shortfall this year to be from 30% - 50% compared to last year's.

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  • April 8, 2012

    Happy Earth Tea's First First Friday

    The big old brick building stands along the train tracks, about half a mile from the Memorial Art Gallery. The Hungerford, the building’s name, is painted large across the top. The sign - a memory of this town’s past glory...

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  • April 1, 2012

    Earth Day Auction

    When I moved from India to the US over two years ago I told myself I was not choosing one over the other. My heart and my mind now had to be big enough to exist like I live in...

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  • January 14, 2011

    Hammer’s history: gone in 60 seconds

    http://www.livemint.com/2011/01/14211359/Hammer8217s-history-gone-i.html The last open outcry auction of tea will take place any day now. By the time the next crop arrives, the gavel may well be history Aniek Paul Kolkata: Banging the gavel on transactions running into millions of rupees...

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  • January 10, 2011

    Storm In The Tea Gardens

    http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/01/indias_restive_gorkhas OF INDIA’S million mutinies, the one still roiling the hill town of Darjeeling and its surrounding tea-growing areas in the north of the state of West Bengal is a long-running one. Back in 1907, the region’s residents, dominated by...

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