How sweet

An encounter with industry's sugar-free politics

Two leaves and a bud, a tale of certain exotics

Sayantan Bera chronicles the simmering discontent in the picturesque tea gardens of Assam, Darjeeling

Green peace in black curls

Traditional tea cultivation in China's Jinuoshan area, unlike in most other places, ensures ecological balance

Assam researchers make soft drinks, toffees from tea leaves

More than a cuppa

Joint forest management makes Darjeeling's Makaibari estate an environmental treasure

Burdensome load

Laid-off tea workers fall back on forests in West Bengal

An organic cup of tea

The right mix of quality and profits

24/7 water supply

Three villages in West Bengal's Darjeeling district also export organic tea

Uttaranchal tea estates bane for farmers

Pick and choose

Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates

Not brewing right

Tea in the Darjeeling hills is losing its flavour

Two leaves and a bud

Tea pesticide flavoured

Darjeeling's famous brew, laced with pesticides, poses a threat to public health

Toxicitea tangle

Safeguards have been erected to weed out the supplies of tea laden with high pesticide residue levels. But when governments use these benchmarks …

Workers starving due to closure of tea estates in North Bengal

Growing organic tea in northeast India is a difficult task

Vignettes from Sri Lanka's cloud country

In Sri Lanka, organic farmers draw inspiration from endemic practices such as home gardens or analog forestry, and have also adapted ‘…

Crisis brewing

Collapse of the former Soviet market and an indifferent attitude to quality clips Nilgiris tea industry

Healthy treat in a cuppa

Beverage companies are cashing in on the growing demand for organic tea and coffee

Land of discord

Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times

Crushed and torn

Closed tea gardens of West Bengal are enclaves of death and destitution. Speculative ownership and a callous government have prolonged the crisis,…

To one's taste

Trouble brewing again

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