Gurmeet Singh’s eyes light up at the mention of the word ‘tea’ and the prospect of a conversation about it. Like so many great tea lovers, he too confesses that not a day goes by when he does not engage with tea. He calls himself a “compulsive steeper” who enjoys pottering in his garden to pick an herb here, a flower there to add to his tea. Gurmeet tweets as the Tea Scientist where much talk abou

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Writer, editor, columnist, tea reporter, and running Copac Media, a creative consultancy. Her interests are history and literature, and their influence on contemporary society. Aravinda has published with Penguin Random House (India).
Gurmeet,
Fascinating. As fascinating as interacting with you whenever you’re up at the Tea Studio.
Its tea-holics like you who make the world a better place.
Indi
Gurmeet, interesting to know there is so much to TEA than what has one thought all this while!
Being an aficionado and an avid tea drinker myself, tea in this narrative is very different indeed!!
Gurmeet , Really interesting and nice to hear you got to do what you were paasionate about
Meera
Excellent article Gurmeet. Destiny got you hooked to the thing that you liked the least. When are you coming to Delhi. Chai chalegi?
A beautiful article with limited audience, people like Gurmeet Ji should be highlighted for the younger generation to take up role models. Anything nature had given to humanity can never be a waste, it is meant for humans to take the benefit. Therefore, it is imperative to protect nature (forestation) is needed.