I must admit I have dunked a tea bag into hot water and called it tea. I have even made Darjeeling tea, sometimes called the champagne of teas, from a tea bag. For tea gurus like Anindyo Choudhury, ...

Competition from Nepalese teas -- which has duty free access to the Indian market -- has emerged as a lower-cost alternative to Darjeeling tea, challenging its viability. IMAGE: A tea estate in ...

More than 950 hectares of tea plantations in Darjeeling’s hills suffered drastic losses due to flooding. (AFP pic) Torrential rains that triggered deadly landslides and floods in India’s Darjeeling ...

From Nilgiris and Kangra to Darjeeling and Assam, this year's tea collection shows none of the stress the planters face while ...

In this photo taken Nov. 29, 2012, a staff member cleans the pool of Thengal Manor, the gracious residence in Assam of one of India’s most prominent tea dynasties in Jorhat, India. The manor, ...