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Our tea is inspiring! This piece of art was sent from one of our
customers in Hamburg - recycling at its best.
Thank you very much!

Some labels of our First Flush erroneously depict a too low EGCG content... that we unfortunately just noticed after printing the labels. The value of EGCG in mg/g has to be multiplied with 100! However, the declaration in percentage is correct.
As soon as we receive the corrected data by the laboratory we will include them in our traceability data base.

 What makes this book so special is that it was published in Bengali language in 1880. It was the first time that an author of Indian origin undertook the task to write a book on this region.

On almost 100 pages the reader learns about local tribes, flora, fauna and of course also about the prospering tea industry.
Completed with 25 historical photos this book was 2009 first published in English in 2009 at Pagoda Tree Press.

 Teebushes can produce tea leaves for about 90 years. However, a sustainable yield can only be expected after approx. 5 years, so one has to provide newbushes in just time. India's Tea Board encourages replanting efforts and the North of India is ahead with an area of replanting of ca. 2%.

On May 20th 2011 the new chief minister of  West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, took office. 56 year old Banerjee is head of  the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) which coalates with the Congress Party. The new coalition defeated the Marxist Party that was in power for the last 34 years.
For Darjeeling Mamata Banerjee has signed an agreement witch Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) that will empower the new council for the region.
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On June 5th was World Environment Day - it was also celebrated at the tea garden Phoobsering in Darjeeling.  "Plant a tree, plant a hope" was the motto of the day that was planned within our project S.E.R.V.E.  160 participants (school children, volunters, workers from tea plantations and staff of  WWF) planted 5.000 tree saplings!



Pictures from the tea garden Phoobsering

Concerned customers as well as we ourselves ask if Darjeeling tea is in danger of getting contaminated by radioactivity. Even though at this point one can only speculate on the effects of the Japanese nuclear catastrophy, for Darjeeling there seems to be an all-clear. Darjeeling is situated in the norheast of India, sheltered by the Himalayas and 5.000 km away from Japan.
As always we will analyse our teas for residues of pesticides. Furthermore for the harvest of 2011 we will spot-check samples for radioactive substances. Of course we will share the results with you. You will find them on our internet site under "Traceability".

Switch off the lights from 20:30 until 21:30 to show your support. Send out a signal against climate change – a sign for the future of our planet.
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Each year March 22 is World Water Day.
Since 1993 this day is celebrated around the world. It is organised by UN-Water and all member countries are invited to put water into the focus of their activities.
Water is victual no. 1.  71% of our planet is covered by water, but one billion people have no access to safe and clean drinking water.
In 2011 the theme for the World Water Day is "Water for Cities - Responding to the Urban Challenge".  more...