News — about tea

At Mana Organics, we’ve been experimenting with a lot of different channels for our online retail. We sell Mana on our website (check out our store), on Amazon, on our Facebook page, and on Facebook messenger. While it makes us happy to meet our customers in a manner most convenient to them (I mean, what’s more convenient than texting us a question about composting and buying tea with one tap of your phone?), this diversity of channels creates one major issue: managing reviews. Mana Organics tea has excellent reviews scattered all over the internet. One could take on a Pokemon-esque...

1. Every tea leaf in Assam is hand-plucked. 2. In India, only the tea tribes really know how to pluck tea. No formal training programs in plucking exist. Mothers mentor their daughter over many years to pass on the skill.  The women who pluck the leaves know exactly which point on the leaf is the ‘break’ point, and what size of leaves to pluck. Good quality plucking requires immense concentration and skill. 3. The Indian tea industry employs more women than any other industry in world. Women make up nearly 100% of the pluckers. 4. One can pluck a tea...

At Mana Organics, we do a lot of things differently from other tea companies. We focus on quality production, ethical sourcing, community profit sharing, and authentic organic production to a degree we haven't found matched in India or beyond. Here are 5 ways Mana Organic tea differs from the competition and give you a better cup of tea. 1. Mana Organics Teas provide a unique, SINGLE ESTATE  experience Most tea bags you buy contain a mix of teas from all over the world. Even single region tea bags contain a blend sourced from multiple gardens. This mixing allows the seller...

The Green Tea Factory at Chota Tingrai Tea Estate Hard to believe when you watched the video, but Mritunjay and team erected the green tea factory in less than 40 days. The team that built this factory hailed from both Chota Tingrai Tea Estate and Japan. The Japanese team was led by the indomitable Shoji Hara. This man’s energy propelled the construction forward. He has a long history of innovation in tea, holding several patents. He sees this factory an opportunity to push the boundaries of what is possible in tea. Mritunjay managed the Indian team with assistance from Simi....