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It may still be nice and warm outside, but in reality the last of the summer is upon us..! Before the back to school, back to work mentality sinks in, see the season out in style with a delicious tea infused cocktail. 

Besides a cup of tea, there are many dishes that can include tea as we discovered on our recent travels to visit tea gardens in India, some more unusual than others like the tea leaf pakoda...!

Try this alternative to classic iced tea. Our recipe involves making hot masala chai the traditional way, by simmering chai tea in milk (instead of water),  then straining, adding sugar and pouring the hot liquid over ice.  This way, the end result it not too watery.

All tea comes from a single evergreen plant, the camellia sinensis. There are different varieties of tea plants, but it's the processing that determines the type of tea (i.e black, green, white, yellow, oolong, or dark). Here we explain how whole leaf black tea is made.

As we continue our trip around the remote hot and humid North-East of India in search of the best teas, a constant flow of iced lemon tea (or lebu cha as it's called in Assam) has been a welcome relief.

Learn more about the source of our latest tea from Sri Lanka, the Diyanillakelle Estate. This is a tea garden that extends over a 225-acre expanse of lush emerald-green vegetation within the mountainous region of Nuwara Eliya in central Sri Lanka.