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A Note on the Author
Jeff Koehler is a writer, traveler, and cook, and the author of books and articles on food and culture including Spain: Recipes and Traditions, named one of 2013’s top cookbooks by the New York Times; Morocco: A Culinary Journey with Recipes; and La Paella: Deliciously Authentic Rice Dishes from Spain’s Mediterranean Coast. His work has appeared in Saveur, Food & Wine, NPR.org, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Afar, Tin House, and Best Food Writing 2010. He lives in Barcelona.
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Index
Abu’l-Fazl, (1)
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, (1)
afternoon tea, (1)
afternoon tea pound cake, (1)
agricultural work, (1)
See also workers/workforce
agriculture
biodynamic, (1)
green revolution in, (1)
Indian, (1), (2), (3)
industrialization of, (1)
Lepcha, (1)
organic, (1), (2), (3)
Akbar, (1)
Alexander, T. V., (1)
Ali, Ahmed, (1), (2)
Ali, Sálim, (1)
Aloobari Tea Estate, (1)
aloo dum, (1)
Ambootia group, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
American colonies, (1)
Amoy, (1)
Anglo-Bhutan War, (1)
Anglo-Gorkha (Nepalese) War, (1), (2)
Angostura bitters, (1)
Anna Maria (Duchess of Bedford), (1)
anthroposophy, (1)
Arden, James, (1)
Assam, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Assam Company, (1)
Auckland, Lord, (1)
Auckland Hotel, (1)
auctions, (1), (2), (3), (4)
autumn flush, (1)
Bagaria Group, (1)
Bagdogra, (1)
Bahadur, Jung, (1)
Baker, Charles Henry, Jr., (1)
Balasun, (1)
Balmoral Estate, (1)
bamboo, (1)
bandh, (1), (2)
Banerjee, Girish Chandra, (1)
Banerjee, Mamata, (1)
Banerjee, Pasupati Nath, (1)
Banerjee, Rajah, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16)
Bangladesh, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Bannockburn Tea Estate, (1)
Bansal, Sanjay, (1)
Bantam, Java, (1)
Barista Lavazza, (1)
Barnesbeg, (1)
Batra, Ashok, (1)
Bay of Bengal, (1), (2), (3), (4)
BDAI. See Bio-Dynamic Association of India (BDAI)
Behar, Cooch, (1)
Bengal, (1), (2), (3)
Bengal Club, (1), (2)
Bentinck, William, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Bhagavad Gita, (1)
Bhanu, M. G. V. K., (1)
Bhutan, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Bhutia, Shabnam, (1)
Bio-Dynamic Association of India (BDAI), (1), (2)
biodynamic farming, (1)
biogas, (1)
bitterness, (1)
B. K. Birla Group, (1)
black flies, (1)
Black Hole incident, (1)
black pepper, (1)
black tea, (1)
Chinese demand for, (1)
CTC method, (1), (2)
orthodox, (1), (2)
boarding schools, (1), (2)
Bodhidharma, (1)
Bombay (Mumbai), (1), (2)
Bon religion, (1)
The Book of Tea (Okakura), (1)
Boston Tea Party, (1)
botanic gardens, (1)
boxwallahs, (1), (2)
Brahmaputra River, (1), (2), (3)
Brennan, Jennifer, (1)
Britain. See British Empire; England
British Empire, (1)
in India, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
opium trade and, (1)
Brooke Bond India, (1)
Bruce, Charles Alexander (C. A.), (1), (2), (3)
Bruce, Robert, (1)
Buckingham Palace, (1)
Buddhism, (1), (2), (3)
Burma. See Myanmar (Burma)
Burmese Days (Orwell), (1), (2)
Byculla Club, (1)
Café Coffee Day (CCD), (1), (2)
Calcutta, (1), (2), (3)
botanic garden in, (1), (2), (3), (4)
as capital of India, (1)
calomel, (1)
Cambray, (1)
Camellia Plc, (1)
Camellia sinensis, (1)
Camellia sinensis assamica, (1)
Camellia sinensis sinensis, (1)
Campbell, Archibald, (1), (2)
Canton, (1), (2)
Carpenter, Francis Ross, (1)
caste system, (1)
Castleton Tea Estate, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Catherine of Braganza, (1)
CCD. See Café Coffee Day (CCD)
Cha Bars, (1)
Ch’a Ching (The Classic of Tea), (1)
Chamong Tee group, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Champta Tea Estate, (1)
Charles II, (1), (2), (3)
Charlton, Lieutenant, (1)
Charnock, Job, (1), (2)
Chatterjee, Krishnendu, (1)
Chatterjee, R. N., (1)
Chaudhary, H. R., (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
chemicals, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Chennai, (1), (2)
Chennai chai, (1)
Cherrapunji, (1)
Chettrini, Maya Davi, (1), (2)
Chicken’s Neck, (1)
child labor, (1)
chili oil, (1)
China, (1)
opium trade and, (1),
(2)
tea imports from, (1), (2), (3)
tea plants/seeds from, (1), (2)
tea production in, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
trade with, (1), (2), (3)
Chongtong Tea Estate, (1), (2)
Choudhary, S. K., (1)
Choudhury, Anindyo, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Chowdhury, Mukul, (1)
Chowrasta, (1)
Churchill, Charles, (1)
cinchona, (1), (2)
Clavell, James, (1)
climate change, (1), (2), (3)
Clive, Robert, (1), (2), (3)
clonal varieties, (1)
cloves, (1)
Coca-Cola, (1)
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, (1)
coffee industry, (1)
coffeehouses, (1)
Cole, Katherine, (1)
Company of Merchants of London Trading. See East India Company
The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, (1), (2), (3)
compost, (1), (2)
Costa Coffee, (1)
counterfeit tea, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Cowper, William, (1)
cows, (1)
Cromwell, Oliver, (1)
CTC (cut, tear, curl) method, (1), (2)
Curzon, Lord, (1)
Dalai Lama, (1)
Dalrymple, William, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Darjeeling
autumn in, (1)
city of, (1)
climate of, (1)
Europeans in, (1)
expansion of, (1)
geography of, (1), (2)
history of, (1)
labor issues in, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Planters’ Club in, (1)
population of, (1)
separatist movement and, (1), (2)
spring in, (1)
summer in, (1)
tea estates in. See tea estates
Darjeeling Club, (1)
Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC), (1)
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, (1), (2), (3)
Darjeeling Indian Tea Association (DITA), (1)
Darjeeling tea
auctions, (1), (2), (3)
biodynamic, (1)
challenges for, (1), (2)
characteristics of, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
clonal varieties, (1)
counterfeit, (1), (2), (3), (4)
demand for, (1), (2), (3)
export of, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
flavor of, (1), (2), (3)
future of, (1), (2), (3)
grading of, (1)
green tea, (1)
growing of, (1), (2)
logo of, (1)
marketing of, (1)
organic, (1)
origins of, (1), (2)
planters, (1), (2), (3), (4)
plucking, (1)
prices for, (1), (2), (3), (4)
processing of, (1)
production of, (1), (2), (3), (4)
quality of, (1), (2), (3)
recipe for, (1)
romance of, (1)
sale of, (1)
as self-drinking, (1)
tasting, (1), (2)
yield of, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA), (1), (2)
Darjeeling tea sorbet, (1)
Darwin, Charles, (1)
Das, Gurcharan, (1)
Das, Suman, (1)
day laborers, (1), (2)
deforestation, (1), (2)
Delhi sandwiches, (1)
Demeter, (1)
demographics, (1)
Denmark, (1)
DGHC. See Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC)
Dhancholia, Vijay, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
Dilaram, (1)
DITA. See Darjeeling Indian Tea Association (DITA)
Diwali festival, (1)
Dooars, (1)
Dorji Ling, (1)
Dozey, E. C., (1)
Dragon Cloud Monastery, (1)
droughts, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
DTA. See Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA)
Dutch East India Company, (1)
Eastern Europe, (1)
East India Company
botanic gardens of, (1)
China and, (1)
Darjeeling tea and, (1)
end of, (1)
history of, (1)
Indian tea industry and, (1), (2)
Sikkim and, (1), (2)
Tea Committee, (1), (2)
East Indies, (1)
Edenvale, (1)
education system, (1), (2)
Eisai, Myoan, (1)
Elgin Hotel, (1)
Elizabeth I, (1)
employee ownership, (1)
energy, (1), (2)
Enfield rifles, (1)
England
See also British Empire
Commonwealth of, (1)
East India Company and, (1)
history of tea in, (1)
tea imports to, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
English language, in India, (1)
environmental challenges, (1)
Europe
history of tea in, (1)
tea exports to, (1), (2), (3), (4)
European Club, (1)
European Commission, (1)
factories, (1)
Falconer, Hugh, (1), (2)
FERA. See Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA)
fermentation, (1), (2), (3)
fertilizer, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
firewood, (1)
First Anglo-Burmese War, (1)
first flush teas, (1), (2), (3)
First Opium War, (1), (2), (3), (4)
First War of Independence, (1)
Fishing Fleet, (1)
Fleming, Ian, (1)
The Flora of British India (Hooker), (1)
flush, (1)
autumn, (1)
first, (1), (2), (3)
monsoon, (1), (2), (3)
second, (1), (2)
Forbes, Theodore, (1)
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), (1), (2)
Forster, E. M., (1)
Fortune, Robert, (1), (2)
Fort William, (1), (2)
France, (1), (2)
Fukuoka, Masanobu, (1)
Gam, Bisa, (1), (2)
Gandhi, Mahatma, (1), (2)
Ganges River, (1), (2), (3)
garden managers, (1)
See also planters
Gardner, Malcolm, (1)
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, (1)
Garway, Thomas, (1)
Garway’s Coffee House, (1)
Gaspar da Cruz, Father, (1)
geographical indication (GI) status, (1)
George III, (1)
George V, (1)
Germany, (1), (2)
Ghazipur, (1)
Ghoom, (1)
Ghosh, Amitav, (1)
gimlets, (1)
gin, (1)
Ging Tea Estate, (1), (2)
GJM. See Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)
Glenburn’s chicken-and-fresh-mint hamper sandwiches, (1)
Glenburn Tea Estate, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
GNLF. See Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF)
Godfrey Phillips India, (1)
“good liquoring,” (1)
Goodricke Group, (1), (2)
Goomtee Tea Estate, (1), (2)
Gopaldhara Tea Estate, (1), (2)
Gordon, George James, (1), (2)
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), (1), (2)
Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), (1)
Gorkhas, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA), (1)
Grant, J. W., (1)
grassroots entrepreneurs, (1)
Great Britain. See British Empire; England
Great Eastern Hotel, (1)
Greene, Graham, (1)
green revolution, (1)
green tea, (1),
(2)
Griffith, William, (1), (2)
Griffiths, John, (1)
GTA. See Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA)
Gurung, Bimal, (1), (2)
Gützlaff, Karl, (1)
hail, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Hampstead Tea, (1)
Happy Valley Tea Estate, (1)
Hastings, Warren, (1), (2)
Hastings, William, (1)
Hauz Khas Village, (1)
hawk-cuckoo, (1)
Hawkins, William, (1)
health benefits, of tea, (1), (2), (3)
Herbert, Eugenia, (1)
Herbert, James, (1)
high-grown teas, (1)
Hill Cart Road, (1), (2), (3)
hill stations, (1), (2)
Himalayan Journals (Hooker), (1)
Himalayan Mountains, (1), (2), (3)
Hinduism, (1), (2)
Hobbes, John Oliver, (1)
Hodgson, B. H., (1)
homestay programs, (1)
Hong Kong, (1), (2), (3)
Hooghly River, (1), (2)
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
horses, (1)
Horticultural Society, (1)
Hume, Allan Octavian, (1)
Huyghen van Linschoten, Jan, (1)
Ilam Tea Estate, (1)
India
afternoon tea in, (1)
agriculture, (1), (2), (3)
botanic gardens in, (1)
British rule in, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
domestic market in, (1)
East India Company in, (1), (2), (3)
economy of, (1)
foreign companies in, (1)
independence for, (1)
industrialization in, (1), (2)
opium production in, (1), (2)
population of, (1)
reforms in, (1)
separatism in, (1), (2), (3)
tea consumption in, (1), (2)
tea exports, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
tea production in, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
trade with, (1)
Indian Civil Service (ICS), (1), (2)
Indian National Congress Party, (1)
Indian Tea Association, (1), (2)
Indra, (1)
industrialization, (1), (2)
inflation, (1)
infusion pots, (1)
Iran, (1), (2)
irrigation, (1)
Jack, Ian, (1)
Jafar, Mir, (1)
Jahangir, Nuruddin Salim, (1)
James, Henry, (1)
James, Lawrence, (1)
James I, (1)
Japan, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Japanese tea ceremony, (1)
Jardine, Matheson & Co., (1), (2)
Jay Shree, (1)
Jenkins, Captain, (1)
job creation, (1)
John Company. See East India Company
Johnson, Samuel, (1)
Jones, William, (1)
J. Thomas & Co., (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Jungpana Tea Estate, (1), (2), (3)
Kaley Valley, (1)
Kamel, Georg Joseph, (1)
Kanan Devan Hills Plantation (KDHP), (1)