Every year, on the last night of October, something magical happens in many parts of the world. Read more

Long before tea ever touched Indian soil, the subcontinent was already a vast garden of drinks—seasonal, medicinal, and celebratory. Read more

There is a peculiar ache in witnessing autumn. The splendour of fall is both revelation and requiem. Read more

Riding on the currents of empire and commerce, tea’s ascendancy became firm, irrevocable and near-universal.  Read more

The story of tea is never only about leaves. It is also about ships, guns, monopolies, and empires.  Read more

Tea’s story begins, as so many civilizational sagas do, in the folds of myth. Chinese legend places its origin with Emperor Shen Nong. Read more