Category Archives: Going Green

New Tea Mints

By Anupa | Published: July 14, 2012

We’ve been carrying Green Tea Mints from a company called Sencha Naturals for many years.  Recently, they introduced new packaging and flavors and we just got them in.  They are now in tubes and not only do they look great but they embody many eco-conscious changes implemented by the company including a solar-powered manufacturing facility [...]

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Prince Charles on Organic Farming

By Anupa | Published: May 5, 2011

Some of you may know that Prince Charles is a keen environmentalist and organic farmer and champions many causes devoted to sustainability.  Earlier this week, he spoke at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.,  at a conference entitled “The Future of Food” where he challenged the notion that organic farming cannot feed the world.  For those [...]

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Tea leaves as compost

By Anupa | Published: April 9, 2011

As the Tea Room was closing yesterday, a man rushed in asking, “Do you have my tea leaves”?  I happened to be there and wondered what was going on.  Here’s the back story.  Apparently, for the past month or so, this gentleman, Dominic, has been coming in fairly regularly and taking our infused tea leaves [...]

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Rajah Banerjee/Makaibari in the news

By Anupa | Published: September 21, 2010

I got a very excited call from my sister-in-law last week saying she heard Rajah quoted on NPR Marketplace (National Public Radio).  I couldn’t believe it!   So here it is – a short piece on organic co-operatives in Darjeeling.  Read or listen to it.   Rajah has been nurturing this fledgling operation to grow and manufacture [...]

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Using tea leaves for planting

By Anupa | Published: April 25, 2010

Our Tea Room is in historic Tarrytown, a Hudson River town and part of a nice, thriving restaurant corner.  Some of us have outdoor sidewalk cafes in the summer, April – November.  Right next to us is Lefteris Gyro, the very popular Greek restaurant.  Bobby, the manager, is a great friend and neighbor and helps us with [...]

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