INKtalks

India's cup of tea

In spite of being one of the largest producer and consumer of tea, India is far behind in education, awareness and appreciation of the fine varieties of tea it produces. Tea sommelier Snigdha Manchanda shares with us her journey with tea, and articulates the paradox perfectly, saying ",India without a tea school is like France without a wine school."

Recorded at INK2013, Kochi, Kerala


Add to Favorites Watch Later Comment

0

VIEWS
Share this Talk


About the Speaker

Snigdha Manchanda

Tea Sommelier

Having grown up collecting exotic teas from around the world in her father’s old trunk, Snigdha went on to train as a Tea Taster in Sri Lanka. Under the tutelage of Tea Master Nao Kumekawa from Japan, Snigdha specialised in crafting hand-blended teas, and finally set up her own line named after her childhood treasure chest – Tea Trunk. Snigdha works closely with a number of tea estates across India to promote quality Indian teas – to her, India without tea is like France without wine. She next plans to launch a global learning hub for tea in India.

WEBSITE: teatrunk.com

View Complete Profile

See all talks >

WATCH NEXT: Recommended For You

07:53
No child should grow up behind prison walls
No child should grow up behind prison walls
Pushpa Basnet
Social Inspiration Women
17:50
When cities create music
When cities create music
Tod Machover
Technology Performance Innovation Music
09:30
Bewitching barnacles and wily wasps
Bewitching barnacles and wily wasps
Anand Varma
Science Fellows Entertainment
09:34
Hanif Kureshi: Reclaiming the streets to create art for all
Hanif Kureshi: Reclaiming the streets to create art for all
Hanif Kureshi
Technology
13:25
Engaging with the Indian Government
Engaging with the Indian Government
Madan Padaki
Education Inspiration Politics Business
08:28
Sowing the seeds of change
Sowing the seeds of change
Gouri Mirpuri
Social Education Inspiration Women
11:42
6 formulas to help you innovate
6 formulas to help you innovate
Ramesh Raskar
Technology Design Social Science Education Inspiration Innovation
Technology to turn Tragedies into Triumph
Technology to turn Tragedies into Triumph
Ramesh Rao
Technology
18:43
India for entrepreneurs
India for entrepreneurs
Abhijit Bose
Technology Business
09:40
Beethoven meets Bollywood
Beethoven meets Bollywood
Viswa Subbaraman
Arts Music Dance
Balancing Polarities
Balancing Polarities
Vaibhav Lodha
Technology
29:46
Inaugural Address at INK Conference 2018
Inaugural Address at INK Conference 2018
Social
15:31
Big data revolution
Big data revolution
Piyush Gupta
Technology Innovation
09:18
Pictures to save our biodiversity
Pictures to save our biodiversity
Prasenjeet Yadav
Science Education Inspiration Fellows
09:42
Nurturing a Beginner's Mind
Nurturing a Beginner's Mind
Saba Ghole
Technology Arts Design Education Innovation
17:31
Creating a world of empathy
Creating a world of empathy
Wendy Calhoun
Technology
16:01
Ride the change train
Ride the change train
R. Madhavan
Technology Education Inspiration Philosophy Innovation Entertainment Film Entrepreneurship
07:25
Stories across time
Stories across time
Chandan Gomes
Arts Social Inspiration Fellows
08:48
A powerful lesson on surprise
A powerful lesson on surprise
Tania Luna
Arts Social Education Inspiration Entertainment Psychology
15:40
Listening to the dancing heart
Listening to the dancing heart
Ramesh Rao
Technology Medicine Health Neuroscience
04:54
Innovating in agri-business
Innovating in agri-business
Devi Murthy
Technology Social Science Education Inspiration Fellows Innovation Business Women Entrepreneurship
10:03
Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized
Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized
Alexander Tsiaras
Technology Science Innovation
12:48
Changing politics with entrepreneurial spirit
Changing politics with entrepreneurial spirit
Jason Hsu
Technology Social Education Inspiration Innovation Politics Entrepreneurship
14:12
Learn, unlearn, relearn
Learn, unlearn, relearn
Kirthiga Reddy
Technology Education Innovation
17:15
Bringing back the ancient "Kalaripayattu"
Bringing back the ancient "Kalaripayattu"
Meenakshi Raghavan
Performance Education History Inspiration Dance Women
10:31
Making Bali plastic free
Making Bali plastic free
Melati & Isabel Wijsen
Social Education Environment
16:15
Migration to digital
Migration to digital
Abhijit Bose
Technology Science Education Innovation Business
13:40
Utilizing nature's blueprint
Utilizing nature's blueprint
Shawn Hoon
Technology Science Education Innovation

See all talks >

POPULAR TALKS

20:01
Skyfall in a sari
Skyfall in a sari
Usha Uthup
Music Performance
21:24
On top of the world
On top of the world
Arunima Sinha
Women Sports Inspiration
10:40
From failing in engineering to co-founding a million-dollar company
From failing in engineering to co-founding a million-dollar company
Varun Agarwal
Business Inspiration Education
04:59
Tamil meets Assamese
Tamil meets Assamese
Shruti Haasan , Joi Barua
Music Entertainment Performance
07:18
Guitar in a sari
Guitar in a sari
Usha Uthup
Music Entertainment
18:16
Rhythm jam
Rhythm jam
Bickram Ghosh
Music Entertainment Performance
13:48
Understanding Tagore
Understanding Tagore
Monali Thakur , Shantanu Moitra
Performance Music
08:08
Storytelling through Hip hop
Storytelling through Hip hop
Naved Shaikh
Music Entertainment Inspiration Performance
11:46
Finding happiness
Finding happiness
Aisha Chaudhary
Health Women Inspiration Arts
10:27
Spirit of Mumbai
Spirit of Mumbai
Abhijit Jejurikar & Dharavi Rocks
Music Performance
12:25
Folk music revised
Folk music revised
Gokul Chandra Das , Shantanu Moitra
Music Performance
05:09
Crowd-sourcing lyrics at INK2014
Crowd-sourcing lyrics at INK2014
Kenneth Sebastian
Music Entertainment Performance
16:40
Fame’s lesson plan
Fame’s lesson plan
Josh Radnor
Social Film Entertainment
10:50
How I lived on 32 Rupees a day
How I lived on 32 Rupees a day
Tushar Vashisht
Social Internet Health Food Fellows Inspiration
14:20
From Carnatic to Hindustani
From Carnatic to Hindustani
Vandana Srinivasan
Performance Arts Entertainment Music
09:44
Humanizing technology
Humanizing technology
Suranga Nanayakkara
Innovation Inspiration Education Science Technology

COMMENTS(2)

You must be logged in to comment.

Click here to login.