1. Tea estate living. When in Darjeeling, one needs to actually stay at a tea estate since the place is known for it. Not only will you be surrounded by lush, green tea plantations and the ...

Historically, the link to tea is firmly established in Darjeeling and is part of the hill station's heritage. Although originally conceived as a place of relief from the intense heat of the plains ...

One Day, One Place: Darjeeling, India. By Larry Habegger Updated July 6, 2016 6:19 p.m. Workers hand-sort premium black tea at Makaibari Tea Estate. Larry Habegger/Special to The Chronicle.

These restaurants in India have been serving delicious meals for over a century. From Kolkata’s coffee adda to Darjeeling’s ...

Darjeeling, in the Himalayan foothills, is famous for its tea, its elevated railroad and the view of dawn breaking over Mt. Everest. A writer fulfilled a childhood dream of visiting.

“Darjeeling was designed by the British for 50,000 people,” Darjeeling native Sailesh Sarda tells me over a pot of green pearl tea in Nathmulls ... once a meeting place for those in the trade.

Darjeeling is one of India's most prized and priciest teas. For over a century, it was sold at live auctions steeped in tradition, with all due pomp. But the last of those auctions ended this month.

Darjeeling tea growers are keeping their fingers crossed for increasing exports of the world-famous brew to Europe as protected geographical indication (PGI) for the commodity is in place from ...