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Nostalgia in a Spray

July 8, 2016

Have you ever been surprised by a whiff of something that brings back a memory, strongly, sharply? If you could bottle memories, to just be reminded of a time or place or person, what would you choose? Would you... ... READ MORE

Tea in Islamic cultures

PETER GW KEEN .

July 7, 2016

The country with the highest per capita tea consumption is not England, China or India. It’s Turkey, where the average is over 3,000 cups per person per year, nine a day. Morocco is in second place, at five, followed... ... READ MORE

My 20s in Books

ARAVINDA ANANTHARAMAN .

July 1, 2016

My coming-of-age book was incidental. It was not a classic. Not Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mocking Bird. I ended my teens with Mario Puzo’s Fools Die. I found it in my dad’s collection one bored... ... READ MORE

Conversations on Tea in New York City

Kausshal .

June 18, 2016

I stepped out of JFK airport and got into a cab. It was a longish drive to the hotel and sure enough, the driver and I got talking. “Are you on business or vacation,” he asked. I started... ... READ MORE

Roll Britannia: the early history of machinery in tea making

PETER GW KEEN .

June 14, 2016

Britannia – apart from being a grandiose term for the United Kingdom, as in Britannia Rules the Waves – is a trade name for the line of machinery created in the 1870s by William Jackson, a young inventor. His... ... READ MORE

Rhapsody on Rails

PREETAM KOILPILLAI .

June 11, 2016

Preetam Koilpillai talks about train tracks and performs extracts from George Gershwin’s iconic piece, “Rhapsody in Blue”. +3 ... READ MORE

Obituaries: Stale, Bad, Bagged Teas

Teabox .

May 27, 2016

PROFESSOR MOULDY T. JACKSON Professor Mouldy T. Jackson, aged 89, passed away recently. The exact date is not known, but the coroner believes it was somewhere between 18th and 25th May, 2016. A professor of Anthropology, Jackson specialized in... ... READ MORE

The Sulaimani Tea (Recipe Included)

AYSHA TANYA .

May 17, 2016

In my family we consider Eid as an occasion to get together to do what we do best – eat elaborate meals, have long, detailed discussions about elaborate meals, and drink several cups of tea in between those elaborate... ... READ MORE

Tea Loaf Capers (Recipe Included)

ADITI DE .

May 10, 2016

‘Didimoni, do you need help?’ At the kitchen door stands our wild-haired cook, addicted to all-night jatra folk-theatre in Midnapore and fine Bengali cuisine. His frown intensifies as he scans the scene around me that blazing May afternoon in... ... READ MORE

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