Monday, May 04, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
MERCY CORPS profile of Darjeeling Estate Owner
Indonique donates 10% of every sale to Mercy Corps to fund programs like the CHAI program in India. Check out this link to a MERCY CORPS article about one of the great tea men in India, destined to be one of the great humanitarians of our time.
Buzzing with Cosmic Energy | Mercy Corps
To buy his tea visit:
Makaibari Estate Black
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tea and the Opium Wars
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Seeking Coffee & Chocolate
Expanding Social Network
Indonique has made donations to several organizations that work to end Human Trafficing and Child Prostitution. You buy the tea, we make the donations. Doing the right thing should be automatic, built into the business. Some organizations we work with are:
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
What's an Assam Tea?
The 380 plus varieties of tea plant can be grouped into two main groups or subspecies of the camellia sinensis tea plant: Camellia sinensis sinensis and Camellia sinensis assamicus. The sinensis sinensis variety is a high grown thin leafed variety or JAT that is native to China. The sinensis assamicus variety is a broad thick leafed lowlands JAT native to Assam India. As would be expected, the assamicus leaf makes a much heavier malty tea than the lighter chinese variety, making it a perfect breakfast tea.
The Assam jat was discovered growing wild in abandoned patches in Assam in 1820's by a Scottish Company man whose brother, after his death eventually established a plantation in the 1850's. This discovery was by far the most important economically for 19th century tea addicted Britain. An addiction that threatened England with economic ruin and lead to two Opium Wars. That's a story for next week.
Indonique donates 10% of every sale we make to the communities where our teas are picked through NGOs like MERCY CORPS. A single box of tea can generate a donation large enough to provide a child in India with school lunches for one week.
Friday, March 06, 2009
GROG

Several European nations claim to have invented Grog. Our favorite story involves the British version. Accordingly, in 1742, British Admiral Edward Vernon avoided near mutiny after cutting his sailors rum ration from one cup to a quarter cup, when his sailors discovered the watered down concoction actually tasted pretty good when the water was hot and steeped in tea. They named it after the Admiral, nick named Old Grog because of his penchant for water resistant grogram cloth. Unfortunately the story is probably not accurate as older references to grog have surfaced recently.
An interesting side story:
Because sailors rightly believed tea was a medicinal drink, they administered it to fever stricken ship mates. The sailor was put to bunk with his at the foot of the bed. He was then administered grog until he could see two hats. At that point the grog was suspended and he was left to sleep it off. The next morning, he was excused from ship's duties as he was considered "GROGGY". So now you know.
Indonique's Grog blend is as close as we can figure Old Grog's recipe. We blend several spices with a whole leaf black tea selected specifically for this Grog blend. Steep and add your own rum and brown sugar. We guarantee you'll re-enlist!
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Indonique World Tea Party
OK guys we've set a date for the next Indonique World Tea party: February 27 at Narcissus Chocolate Cafe in Wethersfield, CT. We hope our friends around the world will join us in their own parties and send us some photos or video. We have a theme for this one: Gave up coffee for Lent? Try TEA!
Remember, if you're having Indonique tea, a donation has already been made by Indonique to Mercy Corps to fund programs in the communities where our teas are picked. If not, use any tea and send a dollar per person participatinhg to Mercy Corps. You can make out a check to Mercy Corps with programT42 in the memo section and send to Indonique. we'll forward all the checks to them.
Go to www.indonique.com/wtp for details
Who we are: www.indonique.com
How we do it: www.indonique.com/t42
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snail mail at PO Box 1298, Glastonbury, CT 06033
Thanks, George
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Healthy lifestyle triggers genetic changes: study
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
Utah teapot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Utah teapot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Hindu : National : Tea factory to be open to tourists
The Hindu : National : Tea factory to be open to tourists
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
BBC NEWS | Health | Milk in tea 'blocks health gains'
Dreadful News! Apparently some of the health benefits of tea are blocked by the addition of milk. Check out this BBC link for details.
Next month - Riots in Britain - reaction to Tea and Milk study.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Bright Lights Film Journal | The Politics of Deepa Mehta's 'Water'
Bright Lights Film Journal | The Politics of Deepa Mehta's 'Water'
More on Indian born Canadian director Deepa Mehta and her latest film "Water" part of a trilogy of films(Earth, Fire & Water) dealing with taboo topics in India. Hindu extremist have attacked and destroyed her set on the second day of shooting.
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Bright Lights Film Journal | Deepa Mehta: Fire
Bright Lights Film Journal | Deepa Mehta: Fire
Interesting article about one of the world's best directors, Deepa Mehta. Her films, dealing with taboo topics in Indian culture, have incited riots and death threats in her native India.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Monkeys kill Deputy Mayor in Delhi
Plastic Garbage a hazard to Indian Cows
Rhinos and Elephants Invade Tea Estate in India
Really interesting link about the rare Assam Rhino and native elephnts disrupting work on an Assam Tea Estate.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Indonique Commercial Video
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University of Connecticut drama students and University of Hartford film student created an internet commercial video for Indonique. Please take a look and return here to comment. You can comment by clicking on the "Comment" link below this post. The teaser takes about 15 seconds to load with a high speed connection.
We'd also approciate your passing this link onto anyone and everyone. That's our total marketing budget!
Thanks and enjoy.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Indonique has developed a new, retail hardy label for our new large tea tins for retail distribution. The tins are now available in half pound and soon in quareter pound black textured finger print hiding, smudge proof tins.
Rebuilding our Wholesale Business
It’s been nearly a year since hurricane Katrina forced our closure and still we have no FEMA/SBA low interest loan. So on with our bootstrapping recovery. If any of our customers has a marketing idea, please contact us. For now, please consider:
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