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Trishnna Tea stands with the #BlackLivesMatter movement   As immigrants from India who moved to this country as young adults, this issue is really close to our hearts. When we were students back home in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, we were quite naïve about the real world and always imagined USA as a country that provides equal opportunities regardless of caste, color, and religion. Fast forward a few years… For most immigrants like us, the culture shock regarding racial differences in America comes in waves, which could be due to our unfamiliarity with local colloquialism and references that...

We can all appreciate a good cup of tea, but how many of us have wondered who are the people who deserve some of that appreciation for their hard work in bringing that tea to us? It should not be a surprise that the condition of labor is a closely guarded secret in China and some countries in Africa just doesn’t want to talk about it. We are living in a conscious consumer world where people demand to know everything they can about the product they purchase. Tea is a complex product and we should take a minute to know...

Check out our latest article on Assam and Darjeeling tea history. https://www.trishnnatea.com/pages/about-indian-tea

Manufacturing Process: Estate workers pluck several million tea leaves by hand. This is the first step in the manufacturing process. Only the bud and the two youngest leaves are plucked, for it is only these leaves that have the flavor and aroma. In other parts of the world plucking is done by machines. These machines pluck the bud, the young leaf, a lot of coarse leaf and few twigs as well. Coarse leaf and twigs just add bulk and not flavor to the tea. The plucked tea leaf is then brought to the muster sheds where they are weighed in,...