Read the tea leaves: Climate change taking toll on Darjeeling tea gardens and workersVarsha*, a 34-year-old tea garden worker, doesn't have a string of degrees, isn't privy to decision making in the estate but knows only too...
18 Jun, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Avoid first flush, go for autumn Darjeeling & ghastly truth behind green tea: 10 commandments for chai loversSomething to know in 2022, Darjeeling tea - a world class product- doesn't have to be expensive.
16 Jan, 2022, 09.41 PM IST
Tea with a view of Kanchenjunga: Darjeeling tea estates opening their properties for tourismDarjeeling’s famous tea estates are opening their gates to visitors for another sensorial stimulation—a bungalow stay with a view of the lo...
12 Sep, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
Save the brew: Tourism will help Darjeeling, but the world-renowned tea shouldn't be flushed down in the processDarjeeling shut down and most of the first flush was lost.
12 Jul, 2020, 10.05 AM IST
Output of Darjeeling tea likely to fall 20%In early March, Darjeeling teas had fetched Rs 3,500 per kg against Rs 1,500 a year ago in private sales.
01 Apr, 2019, 11.50 AM IST
From Golden Pavilion in Kyoto to Tokyo's robot restaurant: Japan contains multitudesDon't be afraid of the long queues in Japan, they melt away at Shinkansen speed.
13 Jan, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
How the three-month lockdown threatens brand DarjeelingThe tea gardens employ 55,000 as permanent workers and around 35,000 as contractual staff. With the shutdown, around 3.5 lakh people includ...
08 Sep, 2017, 11.54 PM IST
How next-gen from families of traditional tea businesses are trying to give cuppa a hipper twistKolkata got its first specialty tea boutique way back in 1987 when Dolly Roy, India’s first woman tea taster and tea auctioneer, opened the...
01 May, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Why the world still has craving for tea from plantations on Darjeeling's steep slopesThrough new markets and new styles (like increasingly important green tea), Darjeeling can survive as long as it can maintain the magic in ...
20 Dec, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
Kindle Voyage set to be launched in IndiaThe new Kindle Voyage priced at Rs 16, 499/- is available starting today at www.amazon.in and through 350 plus offline stores across the co...
25 Mar, 2015, 06.47 PM IST
Long summer in Europe, strong rupee hit Darjeeling tea exportersEuropean buyers, who have last year’s stock of Darjeeling tea, are yet to import higher volumes of premium Darjeeling tea from India this y...
22 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Rains bring cheer to Darjeeling tea plantersAfter a dry spell of more than two months, Darjeeling has received rains in last 48 hours raising hope for a good second flush tea producti...
01 May, 2014, 12.51 PM IST
Sunanda Pushkar's death: Heartbreak or ill health, no woman should run out of silver liningsSunanda Pushkar and Valerie Trierweiler rebelled against what they saw as attempted robbery of their men; but then life is rarely a Mills a...
26 Jan, 2014, 08.01 AM IST
South Korea imports 1,500 tonne of Darjeeling teaSouth Korea, for the first time, has imported 1,500 tonne Darjeeling tea with a promise to buy more in the coming days.
05 Nov, 2013, 03.00 AM IST
- Better prospects for Darjeeling Tea this year
Last year, Darjeeling tea had suffered a production loss due to drought-like situation in the hills.
21 Jul, 2011, 05.24 AM IST
- Sectacular Finland
Prakash Dubey was drawn once again to the spectacular autumn colours spreading like a delicate russet blush across Finland.
04 Dec, 2008, 12.02 AM IST
- Curzon's delight
A viceroy loved it so much that he made it his daughter’s middle name. ET couldn’t resist the cool, lofty charms of Naldehra.
19 Apr, 2007, 12.00 AM IST