That the Bengali love tea is now legendary. And in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, tea is part of the social and cultural fabric. Our Chai Trail series takes readers up close and personal to the tea culture across India, and this story is a peek into the Bengali homes and the place that tea has in their lives.
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That Bengalis love tea is now legendary and in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, tea is part of the social and cultural fabric. Our Chai Trail series takes readers up close and personal to the tea culture across India, and this story is a peek into the Bengali homes and the place that tea has in their lives.
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In Didin’s (my maternal grandmother) house in Kolkata there were many storage cupboards inset into the thick walls with glass doors. And in one of these was the ‘Japani tea set’. It was the most luxurious of all the tea paraphernalia that the family owned and, as my mother told […]
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