High-end Indian teas made a colourful debut in the Chinese market as top local producers and distributors were treated with the vibrant varieties of the beverage. But can India tame the dragon by making a significant dent in China’s growing tea market? Read the full story http://www.thehindu.com/business/article2580275.ece

The brew that energises can also help you lose weight. Here’s how… http://bit.ly/oo4cQa

Let us, for a change, enjoy a short story woven around a cup of tea. You will surely find it as refreshing and invigorating as tea. http://bit.ly/mPQHyv

The brew that energises can also help you lose weight. Here’s how…

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‘Tea with Hitler’ cafe has emerged as a big Bavarian tourist attraction. The tourist spot has logged about 300,000 visitors last year, up 30,000 from the year before. For further story http://usat.ly/rb4PRw

The tea industry of Assam, a state which is synonymous in the outside world with its tea, has asked the government to declare the beverage as the ‘National Drink’ of India. It also wants tea to be declared as the ‘State Drink’ of Assam. For further story http://bit.ly/rlsGhY

A new study has found that drinking four to six mugs of tea daily is as good as a litre of water for keeping yourself hydrated.

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They brew it at home, pour it into containers and load them onto bicycles before riding off into the night. Stray dogs are their company as they work out of their “shops” —- bicycles whose handlebars droop with plastic covers packed with snacks and cigarettes…to read more http://bit.ly/ka3U3Z

The Assam government classifying tea industry under ‘orange’ category and asking them to pay pollution control fees for 10 years at lump-sum has irked the industry. It has demanded reconsideration of the government’s decision. Read further…http://bit.ly/ikz4CH

Now that “the holidays”—at their new-style Ramadan length, with the addition of Hanukkah plus the spur and lash of commerce—are safely over, I can bear to confront the moment at their very beginning when my heart took its first dip. It was Dec. 8, and Yoko Ono had written a tribute to mark the 30th anniversary of the murder of her husband. In her New York Times op-ed, she recalled how the two of them would sometimes make tea together. Read full story by Christopher Hitchens http://www.slate.com/id/2279601