Connections with a few small tea growers from Assam!
Bijit Basumatary, Tenzing Bodosa, Dhiren Phukan, Gobin Hazarika & Saimo Chakma
Meet Swapna Basumatary - she's brewing change AND tea!
Read the full story here:: http://www.infocusmagazine.ca/change-is-brewing/
Read the full story here:: http://www.infocusmagazine.ca/change-is-brewing/
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Read about a very old tea plantation in Assam that's been given a new lease on life! Workers at the Gossainbarie Garden are relying on the ancient Vedic knowledge of India to improve soil and control insect pests - with support from Swami Valmiki Ayangarya and the garden owner, Binod Saharia. : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8640016.stm |
......check out this short video filmed at the Gossainbarie garden near Demow, Assam
Next up - small tea visits one of Assam's most beautiful small-scale tea gardens
Gobin Hazarika is a young tea grower living on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River, close to the India/Burma border. For the past 10 years, he has been working to create an exquisite tea garden, and preparing and selling a very special hand-processed, organic tea.
This video shows some of the techniques he uses to create formulas that improve the soil, his use of traditional tools and practices - and preparation of a beautiful green tea that's high in anti-oxidants and beautifully flavoured.
We have a small quantity of Madhupur Village tea available - also hand-made by Gobin. It's a fine quality black tea with a slight overtone of smoky flavour to it, and is one of our best selling teas!
