I was sipping a perfect cup of Golden Lion’s Paw, a Darjeeling tea available through the T Ching store, as I packed my travel bag for an overnight trip. Tea in one hand, cordura duffle in the other, the duffle slipped just as I placed my favorite buckwheat pillow in the bag . [...]
. . . altogether a fairer judgement would be that the Assam company undertook all the risks of a new venture and that the experience so dearly bought by them was of great value to those who began later.
-Sir Percival Griffiths, KBE (1898 - 1992), The [...]
As is our wont, Americans have managed to force our hurried lifestyles onto our tea practices rather than trying to fit a healthy tea practice into our lives. The full benefits healthy practice have been lost on the American public. It is the responsibility of those of us in the tea industry to educate [...]
D - Delicious
A - Assam.
R - Refreshing
J - Jasmine.
E - Elegant,
E - Ethereal -
L - Lochan’s Leaves
I - Invigorate
N - Natural
G – Goodness.
Main Image :: Image 1
On Monday Feb. 11, I had the honor and privilege of being taken by Mr. Rajiv Lochan to Apna Ghar in Katamtalla which is just outside of the city of Siliguri, India. Apna Ghar, under the auspices of Mahavir International, is a facility for destitute old people who don’t receive any assistance from their families [...]
Looking for healthy ammunition to fight the 3 o’clock blahs, I found myself scrolling through a website that listed ten fresh ways to boost your energy during the day. Being a lover of Top Ten Lists, I was delighted to see the following entry, in position number five:
“Boost your energy with white tea, which [...]
Occasionally even Robert Fortune enjoyed moments of serenity. His second visit to China was at the behest of the East India Company. He was to bring back seeds, plants, and experienced hands from the finest tea districts of northern China. In disguise and in and out of “tiresome difficulties” as usual, he [...]
April 22, 1970 marked the first Earth Day Observance. The idea was spawned out of tragedy, marking the beginning of the environmental movement. Just a year later, I joined several hundred students who walked to school on Earth Day, thus saving the county at least a thousand [...]
Tea does our fancy aid,
Repress those vapours which the head invade,
And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
-Edmund Waller
Main Image :: Image 1
rumpled teapot/beside grandma’s shed -/whistlin’ with the wind
[...]
