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The Indian Tea Party

Looking out at the lake, drinking good tea. That’s his only luxury. And what an enormous luxury that was.
– Banana Yoshimoto

The path to true luxury is a winding road through diverse landscapes of wealth. Somewhere along the journey, our enchantment with the visual, the quest for the elusive, transforms into a celebration of refinement, of discovery. This is where we begin to discern and savour good tea.

Much more than a beverage or a habit, tea is now a part of our culture. Ourthe most flavour. Hand plucked with great precision at specific times of the year, these tea leaves are subjected to various stages of intricate processing that are customised to create the different varieties of tea – the unfermented green and white teas, precisely oxidised black teas, and the partially fermented oolong teas - each batch of which can sometimes be as small as just a few kilogrammes. These select lots of teas are highly coveted for their distinct and complex flavours.

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