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MAKAIBARI AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS

A high-end Makaibari green tea is to be served to VIPs at the Beijing Olympics. This is carrying coals to Newcastle on a grand scale. The national media in India...

MAKAIBARI AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS

A high-end Makaibari green tea is to be served to VIPs at the Beijing Olympics. This is carrying coals to Newcastle on a grand scale. The national media in India...

Rare Amphibian found at Makaibari

Here's strange and wondrous news. Apparently, a professor dedicated to the mysteries of a strange type of amphibian called "caecilians" was in Makaibari earlier this year. He was looking for...

Rare Amphibian found at Makaibari

Here's strange and wondrous news. Apparently, a professor dedicated to the mysteries of a strange type of amphibian called "caecilians" was in Makaibari earlier this year. He was looking for...

World Tea Expo

Just back from the 2008 World Tea Expo at Las Vegas. The highlight of the show was having Rajah here from Makaibari. He is the 4th generation owner of Makaibari...

World Tea Expo

Just back from the 2008 World Tea Expo at Las Vegas. The highlight of the show was having Rajah here from Makaibari. He is the 4th generation owner of Makaibari...

Stakes in the ground...

On my treks around the plantation, I saw areas with many stakes in the ground. I was walking with Dev, our manager, and asked him what these were. He explained...

Stakes in the ground...

On my treks around the plantation, I saw areas with many stakes in the ground. I was walking with Dev, our manager, and asked him what these were. He explained...

13 Forest Rangers - Hum Tera

Makaibari has 1000 acres of forest, 2 acres of trees to 1 acre of tea. They teem with wild life, 300 species of birds and a diversity of trees that...

13 Forest Rangers - Hum Tera

Makaibari has 1000 acres of forest, 2 acres of trees to 1 acre of tea. They teem with wild life, 300 species of birds and a diversity of trees that...

Simple pleasures and Traditions

India is steeped in tradition and spirituality and Makaibari is no exception. Each day a priest offers blessings at the small Ganesh Mandir outside the Factory doors and on my...

Simple pleasures and Traditions

India is steeped in tradition and spirituality and Makaibari is no exception. Each day a priest offers blessings at the small Ganesh Mandir outside the Factory doors and on my...