Competition from Nepalese teas -- which has duty free access to the Indian market -- has emerged as a lower-cost alternative to Darjeeling tea, challenging its viability. IMAGE: A tea estate in ...

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is looking at creating a satellite township of Darjeeling at Rangaroon tea garden near Ghoom. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee raised the issue of setting ...

Located opposite the Great Banyan Tree, this sloped garden replicates the style of Darjeeling tea estates and has been opened to visitors on Friday afternoon. The garden also offers 70 species of ...

Some teas taste like magic, others... not so much. Find out which 8 to avoid and which 8 deserve a cozy spot in your cup.

Rudra Chatterjee, the managing director of Luxmi Tea which owns the famous Makaibari tea estate, insisted on an aggressive branding of Darjeeling Tea. “We should start branding Darjeeling Tea itself ...

The event concluded with a special curated tea tasting experience where guests enjoyed a variety of Indian teas, including the famous Darjeeling tea, Masala chai, Assam and Nilgiri teas.

It’s the British way to offer everyone a cuppa no matter the occasion, but how the tea is actually made is a matter of hot debate. For some, the milk must be put in the mug first, while others ...

stuff two Lipton tea bags in a bottle of Sprite, steep upside-down for 20 minutes and add a squeeze of lemon. Although a lot of taste-testers found it fell short, the original has racked up almost ...

When Meena Tokbipi, living less than one kilometre from Kaziranga National Park's (KNP) Kohora Range in Assam, planted tea saplings in her backyard for the first time in 2004, all she wanted was ...

Siliguri/Kolkata: Raising concerns over the mixing of Darjeeling tea with other low-quality teas, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the state would set up a lab to check these occurrences.

In an initial TikTok by Malaysian chef Hisham Raus, Raus is shown steeping Lipton tea bags in a regular bottle of Sprite and enjoying the concoction with a slice of lemon. The video, which has ...