Xah Club Tea Talks

    For most of us in India, tea means one thing: a steaming cup of chai, brewed strong with milk, sugar and maybe...

You steep it, and it's a deep, ink-blue liquid that looks more like a lab sample than a drink.  Squeeze in lemon, and within...

India has never had a tea problem. We drink a lot of it, grow a lot of it and have built an entire culture...

Great tea begins with curiosity. Whether you're brewing your first cup of loose-leaf tea or going deep on single-origin teas, the right book can...

The Birth of India's Tea Industry The tea culture of India didn't begin in a boardroom, it began with the Singpho and Khamti tribes...

For decades, Bengaluru has proudly worn the title of India's coffee capital. Filter coffee is part of the city's identity. Every neighbourhood has its...

A pop-up market taught us the gap isn't subtle. It's just invisible until you taste it. The question we hear more than any other...

Yes, tea can go bad—but probably not in the way you think. Found an old packet of tea at the back of your cupboard?...