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Dasgupta shares a meal at a Tajik home. Photo courtesy of Sarita Dasgupta

Tea and Talk at Choykhana Rokhat: An Iconic Teahouse

Sarita Dasgupta, Guest Columnist
May 8, 2023

Tea is the preferred beverage of most Asian countries, and they all have unique and interesting customs and traditions attached to the drinking of tea.  In September 2016 I took the two-and-a-half...

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The Romance of the Tea Clippers

Sarita Dasgupta, Guest Columnist
February 1, 2023

Three decades in the latter half of the nineteenth century, known as the Clipper Age, not only provided great excitement for tea drinkers and for the general public, but also had a major effect on the...

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Chinese Emperor Shennong. Photo courtesy of Google Creative Commons.

The First Taste of Tea 

Sarita Dasgupta, Guest Columnist
December 21, 2022

Like every great discovery  It happened accidentally  When Camellia leaves fell in a bowl  Of boiling water, and, behold!  Infused it into tea!    If you are a tea drinker, you may have...

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