Life in a Cuppa is not just a book - It is a 'TEA table Book', one of its kind, It is a reaffirmation!! Of what a cup of this extraordinary beverage can do.
If the Buddhist monks have endorsed tea to have calm and meditative properties, well, let us not forget that tea caused a tax revolt in Boston Harbour escalating into the American revolution.
Join me, as we traverse back in time and watch the Singhpos of Arunachal harvest teas from treetops on an elephant back, listen to the stories of the ghost bungalows in the tea plantation, observe how skilfully the English broke the Chinese monopoly on tea.
It tells us about the tea story of India and how special it is through tales of twining, tasting, and trade.
Piyush Pandey article on "Ideas and Tea", Sanjiv Kapur the celebrity chef writes on tea consumption across India, Chandrajit Banerjee (CII Chief) about Tea and economics Neera Sarin on tea leaf reading, Sangeeta Kichlu, tea sommelier, Rinku Madan, food curator, Tapasya Mundra, nutritionist, Suhel Seth - celebrity brand columnist and author, Arnab Banerjee - a film critic writing about Tea and Cinema, Larry Brown about his transition in life from the Scottish highlands to the Darjeeling tea plantations and stories revolving the ghost bungalows.
