Darjeeling tea, the first Indian product to get the Geographical Indication (GI) tag as early as 2004, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Many tea gardens are reportedly up for ...

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea. IMAGE: A worker ...

The Darjeeling Tea industry wants the Centre to include Nepal tea on the list of items to be tested with India and Nepal having started discussions on establishing food laboratories at key trading ...

Over a hundred years old, Luxmi Tea Group was started by Paresh Chandra Chatterjee, a member of the Nationalist group, Anushilan Samiti when he decided to develop a tea plantation in independent ...

Darjeeling produces some of the finest teas in the world; but with a variety of grades, flushes and estates, navigating the world of Darjeeling Tea can be daunting Shutterstock Darjeeling Tea, often ...

Despite its complicated history, fame, and the growing global demand for fine teas, Darjeeling’s premier position in the trade is in peril, with a dangerous combination of factors bringing it to the ...

In April, London-based travel agent and writer Anthony Kingsley visited Darjeeling, often referred to as the Queen of Hills, to trace his family’s origin. It was in this eastern Himalayan region, ...

For a city that lies at the intersection of colonial charm, lip-smacking food, and breathtaking mountains, Darjeeling has a ...