Rapidly rising global temperatures are threatening crops around the globe, including rice in Malaysia and corn in the United ...

The Darjeeling tea industry, which has already been reeling under financial crisis, is now staring at a crop loss for its premium first flush tea due to vagaries of the weather. Unfavourable ...

First flush plucking has started and will continue till mid-April ... Of the 87 gardens within the Darjeeling tea industry, 10 gardens have remained closed for more than a year. A planter lamented: ...

Parliamentary standing committee on commerce recommends check on import of duty free, 'low quality', 'cheap' tea to protect169-year old Darjeeling tea ...

5. Add iced water (sans the ice) to the tea to make enough for 4 glasses and also to dilute the tea which would otherwise be very intensely flavoured. 6. 6. Add mangoes and mint to the chilled tea and ...

Darjeeling – a fragrant, light Indian tea that’s one of the finest black teas in the world, and is sometimes described as ‘The Champagne of Teas’. First flush (early-season) pickings are ...

In the overseas markets, shipments of Darjeeling tea are generally around 3-3.25 million kgs annually. Europe and Japan are the two large overseas markets for this premium tea, the first product ...