Silver Tips Tea Blog

Here's a look at what goes on behind the scenes, our thoughts on tea, fun facts and customer comments.

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The journey of the leaf

At 12 noon, all the pluckers from the seven villages of Makaibari make their way towards weighing stations to get their baskets of leaf weighed. Then it's lunch break. Each...


Makaibari, at last....

Rajah took me on a garden walk - an euphemistic name for a hard 3-hour trek - through some of the most spectacular hills and valleys I've ever seen. We...


Delhi, India, April 10, 2008

  After a wonderful flight on Jet Airways from New York via Brussels, I arrived at Delhi around 11 pm and checked into Vasant Continental Hotel, midway between the international...