Tagged: geographical indication

Phalap: The Singpho Tea the British Did Not Discover

Robert Bruce learned of wild tea from a Singpho chief in 1823. The Singpho tea, phalap, was registered as a Geographical Indication of Arunachal Pradesh in January 2024.

What the Name on an Assam Orthodox Tin Guarantees

When a tin says "Assam Orthodox," it is making a legal promise: real whole-leaf tea grown and rolled in the Brahmaputra valley. Here is exactly what that promise covers, and the one border where it stops.

The Jaapi: The Hat Under Every Picking of Your Assam

Almost every leaf in your cup was plucked by a hand working under one object, a bamboo hat that once graded a man's rank at the Ahom court. Here is what it is, why the garden never had to supply its own, and which version actually gets photographed for the national certificate the two now share.