When Tea Became Chai

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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).

4 Comments

  1. Greg Goodmacher
    on August 16, 2024 at 12:00 am •Reply

    This is a very interesting article. I enjoyed reading it. You should correct one typo: “door-t0-door.”

  2. Indi Khanna
    on August 16, 2024 at 4:03 am •Reply

    Rather fascinating.
    Had never imagined this to be the case. Assumed we had taught the Brits how to do ‘it’.

    • Aravinda Anantharaman
      on August 17, 2024 at 1:09 am •Reply

      Hi Indi, have updated the post with a link to one article by Philip Lutgendorf. His essay had accompanied a set of tea advertisements from the Priya Paul Collection/ Tasveer Ghar. Do read – he’s included some interesting references there.

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