Chris & Peter Merg are intrepid trekkers. They've covered impressive ground in Nepal and Tibet and before heading to Sikkim/Bhutan, they had stopped at Makaibari. I met them and we got talking and what an interesting tale they have! They come from Germany and had heard about Makaibari through The Lonely Planet and, now retired, they were focused on enriching their lives through new adventures. Their special interest, apart from hiking and trekking through the vast acres of Makaibari tea bushes and forests, was in bamboo. This is found in abundance at Makaibari in prolific quantities and species. Their focus was to offer a specific type of bamboo for eco-friendly housing and use in Germany. While at Makaibari, they were fleshing out their plan - how to identify the most suitable species, develop it for export and then ship it to Germany. They are most certainly following their bliss. I was privileged to meet them. Makaibari is also planning on putting bamboo to a novel use - more on this in a later story.
A bit too mild for a morning cup for me. I could see it being a good milk tea base for boba or a dim sum tea to drink many pots of it with food!
This was specially blended for our Tea Room customers for whom the Organic Assam TGFOP and Irish Breakfast were too strong. We use a longer leaf Assam to blend with our Yunnan for Silk Road so the result tends to be milder. You are right - it is a great tea to accompany food.
I use a combination of decaf Earl Gray and Decaf English Breakfast for my iced tea combined with fresh lemon and fresh mint. It is delicious!
Ingenious! Adding the Earl Grey gives it more fragrance and the lemon and mint makes it a refreshing cool glass of iced tea. That's a nice twist!