Legendary tea planter and Makaibari chairman Rajah Banerjee described this tea as a “very delicate, subtle first flush with a pitchy and fr...

One can imagine what it is to have good rainfall after such a long dry spell that started last October, continued till May-end causing to s...

“The dry spell caused near 40% downfall in our first flush production,” said Mr. Rajah Banerjee, Chairman of MakaiBari Tea & Trading Co.

Through new markets and new styles (like increasingly important green tea), Darjeeling can survive as long as it can maintain the magic in ...

The tea company is in talks with Dubai’s upmarket luxury food chain Bateel to sell its teas where demand for premium quality tea is rising.

A special lot of handcrafted tea from Makaibari Tea Estate sold for almost Rs 1.11 lakh a kilo, becoming the most expensive Indian tea ever.

As chaos engulfs the serene hill tracts and platoons of men in fatigues battle frenzied supporters of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha since Tue...

Construction of the 150-room extravaganza, in collaboration with Ambuja Realty, is expected to get underway by mid-2010.

Touring tea gardens in India's famous Darjeeling hills and tasting several varieties of the gold-coloured brew has got Audrey Dreyer thinki...