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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...

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/article1063434.ece Erratic weather conditions coupled with low productivity has led Darjeeling tea producers to close the year 2010 with a low crop of only around 7 million kg which is among the lowest in history. There are 87 tea estates...

http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/article697233.ece Production of Darjeeling tea is set to be lower this year with erratic weather conditions cutting into the crop-size of one of India 's best-known commodities. The Darjeeling tea industry, which reported a 12 per cent lower crop between...

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...

An interview of Ashok Lohia, the owner of largest number of Darjeeling tea estates, published today in the Economic Times. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/commodities/Scanty-rains-may-cut-Darjeeling-tea-output/articleshow/5923534.cms The 58-year-old Ashok Lohia took up production of Darjeeling tea in 1988 with two estates — Chamong and Pussimbing....

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...

It is something we had always noticed: everybody has a different experience of the same tea. (Me and my wife no longer squabble over our different opinions about tea).  Our tea tasting notes that we publish are nothing more than rough sketchs, which you could...

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...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/business/Unusually-hot-dry-weather-hit-premium-Darjeeling-tea/Article1-532282.aspx The unusually hot weather and lack of rainfall in the West Bengal hills have ruined the first-flush Darjeeling tea crop. "There has been no rainfall since October 2009, creating a drought-like condition. It has damaged the first flush," said...