Namaste! Thank you for your interest in joining our monthly Tea Newsletter entitled "CHAI Patra".

What is CHAI Patra?
The word "Chai" is commonly used in India for 'tea' and "Patra" means 'letter' in Hindi as well as Nepali (the other word for 'letter' in Nepali is "Chittih"). History stands tall and clamors that without the Nepalese people, Darjeeling tea would not have been possible. It was through the initiatives of Dr. Campbell and Shri Dakman Rai that laborers from Nepal were brought to work in the tea gardens. It is said that every resident in Darjeeling has a history of their forefathers being employed in one of the tea gardens. Tea producing areas of Darjeeling district consists of 90% Nepali speaking community and this is the reason why we call our newsletters "CHAI Patra" which brews the Nepalese community with Darjeeling Tea from the first time the Britons first planted their tea seed in Darjeeling.

We send you a single newsletter every month letting you know a little bit about us, who we are, along with offerings and updates on new arrivals. We personally tour one tea garden once in 3 months to collect stories to be included in the monthly newsletter, so that you too can feel the rural life of the tea gardens, its laborers and their way of life. It will be a tremendous experience for you with real photo updates of the tour.

This monthly newsletter is intended to update Tea Connoisseurs like YOU with the most recent happenings in the Darjeeling Tea industry and as mentioned above, give you the essence of rural life in the tea gardens.