View: The sheer joy of sipping a freshly steeped cup of fine Indian tea is beyond comparison

View: The sheer joy of sipping a freshly steeped cup of fine Indian tea is beyond comparison
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The generic teas online are simply not as fresh or as customised as what tea retailers in Calcutta offer.

Synopsis

One customer in particular caught my eye: a young gentleman who had noted on his phone the teas he had bought on his previous visit. He was told that while teas from the same gardens were available, they would not be necessarily the same as what he had tasted earlier. Just like wine.

In the 20 minutes that I stood waiting for my order to be completed at my favourite tea store-bearing the soothing name Mahabodhi-in Calcutta this week, there was a continuous stream of customers at the green plastic rope strung across the entrance ever since the pandemic enforced new norms. And as usual Avik, the young man I consider a tea evangelist, regaled me with his latest quest to garner the best batches of tea from the recent flushes.

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