by Jeff Koehler
Banerjee, Rajah. The Rajah of Darjeeling Organic Tea: Makaibari. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Bruce, C. A. An Account of the Manufacture of the Black Tea as Now Practised at Suddeya in Upper Assam, by the Chinamen Sent Thither for That Purpose. With Some Observations on the Culture of the Plant in China, and Its Growth in Assam. Calcutta: G. H. Huttmann, Bengal Military Orphan Press, 1838.
“Copy of Papers Received from India Relating to the Measures Adopted for Introducing the Cultivation of the Tea Plant within the British Possessions in India.” Sessional Papers Printed by Order of the House of Lords, or Presented by Royal Command in the Session 1839. Vol. 7. London: 1839.
Das, G. M. Pests of Tea in North-East India and Their Control. Jorhat, India: Tocklai Experimental Station, 1965.
“The Discovery of the Tea Plant in Assam.” Asiatic Journal and Monthly Registry for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia 18 (September–December). London: William H. Allen, 1835.
Fisher, Aaron. The Way of Tea. North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle, 2010.
Fortune, Robert. A Journey to the Tea Countries of China Including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills; with a Short Notice of the East India Company’s Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains. London: John Murray, 1852.
Gait, Edward. “The Growth of the Tea Industry.” In Discovery of North-East India. Vol. 5, edited by S. K. Sharma and Usha Sharma, 39–48. New Delhi: Mittal, 2005.
Gandhi, Mohandas K. Key to Health. Translated by Sushila Nayar. Ahmedabad, India: Navajivan Publishing House, 1948.
Ghosh, Tushar Kanti. Tea Gardens of West Bengal. Delhi: B. R. Publishing, 1987.
Griffiths, John. Tea: A History of the Drink That Changed the World. London: André Deutsch, 2011.
Griffiths, Sir Percival. The History of the Indian Tea Industry. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967.
Harler, C. R. The Culture and Marketing of Tea. London: Oxford University Press, 1933.
———. Tea Growing. London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Heiss, Mary Lou, and Robert J. Heiss. The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed, 2007.
———. The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook: A Guide to Enjoying the World’s Best Teas. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed, 2010.
“History and View of the Tea Trade.” Monthly Repertory of English 3:331–39. Paris: Parsons, Galignani, 1808.
Karmakar, K. G., and G. D. Banerjee. The Tea Industry in India: A Survey. Mumbai: National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development, 2005.
The Lord of Darjeeling. Dir. Xavier de Lauzanne, Aloest Productions, 2005.
Mann, Harold H. The Early History of the Tea Industry in North-East India. Calcutta: Bengal Economic Journal, 1918.
Masset, Claire. Tea and Tea Drinking. Oxford: Shire, 2010.
Misra, Sib Ranjan. Tea Industry in India. Delhi: S. B. Nangia, 1986.
Moxham, Roy. Tea: Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire. Rev. ed. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004.
Okakura, Kakuzo. The Book of Tea. Mineola, NY: Dover, 1964.
The Original Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks Relating to the Foundation of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and the Summary of the 150th Anniversary Volume of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Edited by Kalipada Biswas. Calcutta: Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1950.
Paul, E. Jaiwant. The Story of Tea. New Delhi: Roli, 2013.
Pettigrew, Jane, and Bruce Richardson. The New Tea Companion: A Guide to Teas Throughout the World. London: National Trust Enterprises, 2005.
Pratt, James Norwood. “Darjeeling—Part 3.” http://www.tching.com/2009/04/darjeeling-part–3/. April 7, 2009.
Rose, Sarah. For All the Tea in China. New York: Penguin, 2010.
Roy, Suparna. “Historical Review of Growth of Tea Industries in India: A Study of Assam Tea.” 2011 International Conference on Social Science and Humanity. IPEDR 5. Singapore: IACSIT Press, 2011.
Scott, J. M. The Great Tea Venture. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1964.
Sōshitsu XV, Sen. The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyū. Translated by V. Dixon Morris. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1998.
“Tea.” Asiatic Journal and Monthly Registry for British India and Its Dependencies 21 (January–June 1826). London: Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, 1826.
Ukers, William H. All About Tea. 2 vols. New York: Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, 1935. Reprint, Mansfield, CT: Martino, 2007.
Upton Tea Quarterly. Quarterly newsletter. Hopkinton, MA: Fall 2006–Summer 2011.
Wild, Anthony. The East India Company Book of Tea. London: HarperCollins, 1994.
Wright, Gillian. The Darjeeling Tea Book. New Delhi: Penguin, 2011.
Yü, Lu. The Classic of Tea. Translated by Francis Ross Carpenter. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973.
FOOD AND DRINK
Baker, Charles. Jigger, Beaker, & Glass. Lanham, MD: Derrydale, 1992.
Brennan, Jennifer. Curries & Bugles: A Memoir & Cookbook of the British Raj. Boston: Periplus, 2000.
Brown, Patricia. Anglo-Indian Food and Customs. New Delhi: Penguin, 1998.
Burton, David. The Raj at Table: A Culinary History of the British in India. London: Faber & Faber, 1994.
DasGupta, Minakshie. The Bengal Cookbook. 2nd ed. New Delhi: UBS, 2012.
Inner Wheel Club of Darjeeling. Himalayan Recipes. Inner Wheel Club of Darjeeling, 1991.
A Lady Resident. The Englishwoman in India. London: Smith, Elder, 1864.
Simpson, Helen. The London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea. New York: Arbor House, 1986.
Smith, Michael. The Afternoon Tea Book. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
Solmonson, Lesley Jacobs. Gin: A Global History. London: Reaktion, 2012.
Steel, Flora Annie, and Grace Gardiner. The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook. 4th ed. 1898. Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
NATURE, AGRICULTURE, FIELD GUIDES, AND GARDENS
Ali, Sálim. Field Guide to the Birds of the Eastern Himalayas. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1977.
Anderson, E. B. Camellias. London: Blandford Press, 1961.
Arnold, David. “Plant Capitalism and Company Science: The Indian Career of Nathaniel Wallich.” Modern Asian Studies 42, no 5 (2008): 899–928.
Axelby, Richard. “Calcutta Botanic Garden and the Colonial Re-ordering of the Indian Environment.” Archives of Natural History 35 (2008): 150–63.
Baker, Stuart. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. 1. London: Taylor & Francis, 1922.
Cole, Katherine. Voodoo Vintners: Oregon’s Astonishing Biodynamic Winegrowers. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2011.
Datta, Sukanya. Social Life of Plants. Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 2000.
Fukuoka, Masanobu. The One-Straw Revolution. Goa, India: Other India Press, 1992.
Herbert, Eugenia W. Flora’s Empire: British Gardens in India. New Delhi: Allen Lane, 2013.
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Flora of British India. Vol. 1. London: L. Reeve, 1872.
Hume, Allen Octavian, and Charles Marshall. The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon. Vol. 2. Calcutta: A. O. Hume & Marshall, 1881.
Indian Botanic Garden Howrah. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India, unknown year.
Kansara, N. M. “Animal Husbandry in the Vedas.” In History of Agriculture in India, up to c. 1200 A.D., edited by Lallanji Gopal and V. C. Srivastava, 275–306. New Delhi: Center for Studies in Civilizations, 2008.
Kumar, Prakash. Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Mansata, Bharat. The Vision of Natural Farming. Kolkata: Earthcare, 2010.
Menon, Subhadra. Trees of India. New Delhi: Timeless, 2000.
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Santpau, H. Common Trees. Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1966.
Steiner,
Rudolf. Agriculture Course: The Birth of the Biodynamic Movement. Forest Row, UK: Rudolf Steiner Press, 2004.
Storl, Wolf D. Culture and Horticulture: The Classic Guide to Biodynamic and Organic Gardening. Updated ed. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic, 2013.
Tamsang, K. P. Glossary of Lepcha Medicinal Plants. 2nd ed. Darjeeling, India: Lyangsong Tamsang, 2012.
RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND MYTHOLOGY
Gokhale, Namita. The Book of Shiva. Delhi: Penguin Ananda, 2012.
Knott, Kim. Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Krishna, Nanditha. The Book of Vishnu. New Delhi: Penguin, 2009.
———. Sacred Animals of India. New Delhi: Penguin, 2010.
Prime, Ranchor. Hinduism and Ecology: Seeds of Truth. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1994.
Speaking of Siva. Translated by A. K. Ramanujan. London: Penguin, 1973.
Watts, Alan. The Way of Zen. New York: Vintage, 1989.
NOVELS, STORIES, POEMS, MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, AND LITERARY CRITICISM
Ahmed, Ali. Twilight in Delhi. New Delhi: Rupa, 2007.
Allen, Charles. Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling. New York: Pegasus, 2009.
Churchill, Charles. The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill. Vol. 2. London: C. & R. Baldwin, 1804.
Cowper, William. Selected Poems. Edited by Nick Rhodes. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Fleming, Ian. Man with the Golden Gun. London: Vintage, 2012.
Forester, E. M. A Passage to India. London: Everyman’s Library, 1991.
Ghosh, Amitav. The Hungry Tide. London: HarperCollins, 2005.
———. Sea of Poppies. Delhi: Penguin, 2009.
Gilmour, David. The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002.
Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. London: Penguin, 1987.
James, Henry. The Portrait of a Lady. London: Penguin, 2011.
Kaye, M. M. The Far Pavilions. London: Allen Lane, 1978.
Kipling, Rudyard. Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Ware, Hertfordshire, UK: Wordsworth, 2001.
———. Land and Sea Tales. Looe, Cornwall, UK: House of Stratus, 2009.
———. Plain Tales from the Hills. London: Penguin, 1994.
Maugham, W. Somerset. Collected Short Stories. Vol. 4. New York: Penguin, 1963.
Naipaul, V. S. An Area of Darkness. London: Penguin, 1968.
Orwell, George. Burmese Days. London: Penguin, 1989.
Scott, Paul. The Day of the Scorpion. London: Panther, 1985.
———. A Division of the Spoils. London: Panther, 1983.
———. The Jewel in the Crown. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966.
———. The Towers of Silence. London: Granada, 1984.
Woolf, Leonard. Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1961.
CITED MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND WEB SITES
“Ambootia—‘Healthy Soils, Healthy People.’” Quarterly Update of Soil & More 2 (June 2013).
Bajaj, Vikas. “After a Year of Delays, the First Starbucks Is to Open in Tea-Loving India This Fall.” New York Times, January 30, 2012.
Barth, Chris. “Why India Won’t Be the Next China … and That’s Bullish.” Forbes, June 6, 2012.
Basak, Probal. “Despite Challenges, Darjeeling Continues to Fight for Its Identity.” Business Standard, September 1, 2013.
Bera, Sayantan. “Simmering Discontent over Tea.” Down to Earth, May 15, 2011.
Bibek, Debroy. “Who Are the Middle Class in India?” Indian Express, March 24, 2009.
Bio-Dynamic Association of India Web site. “Bio-Dynamic Farming Recipes.” http://www.biodynamics.in/Recipes.htm.
———. “Bio-Dynamic Farms in India.” http://www.biodynamics.in/bdfarms.htm.
———. “Rudolf Steiner & Bio-Dynamic Agriculture.” http://www.biodynamics.in/rsteiner.htm.
Bolton, Dan. “EU Grants Darjeeling Protected Geographical Status.” World Tea News, November 2, 2011.
———. “European Blenders Establishing Himalayan Brand.” World Tea News, July 7, 2014.
Cavendish, Richard. “The Black Hole of Calcutta.” History Today 56, no. 6 (June 2006).
Chakrabarty, Shaoli. “A New Champ Takes Darjeeling Cup.” Calcutta Telegraph, December 16, 2013.
Chandrasekhar, C. P. “Chronic Famishment.” Hindu, February 19, 2012
Chhetri, Vivek. “Darjeeling Discovers Lloyd After 146 Yrs.” Calcutta Telegraph, June 6, 2011.
———. “Kanchenjungha in View, No Viewers.” Calcutta Telegraph, October 11, 2013.
Chhetri, Vivek, and Avijit Sinha. “Rain Civic Respite but Tourist Headache.” Calcutta Telegraph, May 29, 2014.
Dalrymple, William. “Plain Tales from British India.” New York Review of Books 54, no. 7 (April 26, 2007).
———. “White Mischief.” Guardian, December 9, 2002.
Darjeeling District Web site. “Geography.” http://darjeeling.gov.in/geography.html.
———. “History.” http://darjeeling.gov.in/darj-hist.html.
———. “Time Capsule.” http://darjeeling.gov.in/time-capsule.html.
Datta, Aparna. “For That Exclusive Cuppa.” Hindu, August 31, 2003.
Datta, Kanika. “In the Drink.” Business Standard, April 26, 2012.
“Delhi Is the Most Polluted City: WHO Study.” Financial Express, May 7, 2014.
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———. “Particularities of Demeter.” http://www.demeter.net/what-is-demeter/particularities-of-demeter.
Drexler, Madeline. “A Look at Jaya Teas.” Tea & Coffee Trade Journal 178, no. 6 (June–July 2006).
Dunse History Society (Scotland) Web site. “Robert Fortune.” http://www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk/robertfortune.shtml.
Dutt, Ishita Ayan. “Tata Global Buys 10.59% More in Kanan Devan.” Business Standard, July 6, 2013.
“First Public Sale of the Newly Discovered Assam Tea.” Merchant’s Magazine and Commercial Review 2. New York: Freeman Hunt, 1840.
Gazmer, Deep. “Darjeeling Cool to CM Visit.” Times of India, July 18, 2014.
Ghosal, Sutanuka. “China Buys 20,000 kg of Darjeeling Tea Finds Hot Fans in the Country.” Economic Times, May 13, 2013.
———. “Darjeeling Tea Prices Fall 50 Percent on Quality Concerns Post-Rains.” Economic Times, September 27, 2013.
———. “European Trade Council, German Tea Association Uphold Darjeeling Tea’s Authenticity.” Economic Times, September 27, 2012.
———. “South Korea Imports 1,500 Tonne of Darjeeling Tea,” Economic Times, November 5, 2013.
———. “Tea Tourism.” Economic Times, October 21, 2013.
“GJM Reverses Decision, Calls Indefinite Bandh in Darjeeling.” Economic Times, August 1, 2013.
Gupta, Aparajita. “Turmoil May Take Toll on Tea Trade.” Times of India, February 11, 2011.
Hastings, Max. “How the British Did It.” Review of The Ruling Caste by David Gilmour, and Sahib by Richard Holmes. Telegraph, September 27, 2005.
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Indrawati, Sri Mulyani. “To End Extreme Poverty, Learn from a Small Village in India.” World Bank blog, June 4, 2013. http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/end-extreme-poverty-learn-small-village-india?
Jack, Ian. “Prince William’s Indian DNA Piques Interest, Not Innuendo. That’s Progress.” Guardian, June 21, 2013.
Johnson, Samuel. “Review of A Journal of Eight Days’ Journey.” Literary Magazine 2, no. 13 (1757).
“J. Thomas & Company Bets on Tea Bull Run.” Economic Times, January 20, 2011.
J. Thomas & Co. Web site. “People.” http://www.jthomasindia.com/people.aspx.
Kew Gardens Web site. “About Nathaniel Wallich.” http:
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Krishnakumar, P. K. “Tata Tea Handed Control of Its Tea Plantations to Workers to Make Profit.” Economic Times, October 13, 2010.
Langewiesche, William. “The Million-Dollar Nose.” Atlantic Monthly, December 2000.
Lepcha, Dennis. “Indigenous Lepchas: Philosophy of Life and Worldview.” Salesian Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences 3, no. 2 (December 2012): 76–84.
Lila, Muhammad. “Darjeeling: Tea and Sympathy.” Toronto Star, February 12, 2010.
Lingdamo, Peter. “The Philosophy of the Lepcha Religion.” Salesian Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences 3, no. 2 (December 2012), 55–62.
Makaibari Tea Estate blogspot. “Makaibari, 1970.” October 14, 2007. http://makaibari.blogspot.com.es/2007/10/makaibari–1970.html.
Maqsood, Zofeen. “Tea Trail.” Hindustan Times, September 1, 2012.
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Mary, John. “Ta-Ta to All That.” Outlook, October 25, 2010.
———. “Tea Totallers.” Outlook, October 31, 2010.
Mazumdar, Jaideep. “2-Leaf Booty.” Outlook, November 21, 2005.
Meyer, Karl E. “The Company Store.” New York Times, February 21, 1999.
Monna, Sovon. “India Set to Sip Jungpana Darjeeling.” Times of India, June 26, 2014.
Moshavi, Sharon. “Reading Trouble in Darjeeling’s Tea Leaves.” BusinessWeek, October 30, 1994.
Niyogi, Subhro. “Iconic Makaibari Tea Changes Hands.” Times of India, June 11, 2014.
O’Connor, Clare. “Starbucks Opens Its First Tea Bar as CEO Schultz Bets on $90 Billion Market.” Forbes, October 23, 2013.
“Orthodox, CTC Varieties Quote Higher at North India Tea Market.” Economic Times, June 28, 2013.
Orwell, George. “A Nice Cup of Tea.” Evening Standard, January 12, 1946.
Priyadershini, S. “A Tea Time Story.” Hindu, January 27, 2012.
Rao, Kavintha. “Why India’s Yuppies Want Starbucks (It’s Not about the Coffee).” Guardian, October 30, 2012.
Roy, Shobha. “Darjeeling Tea: Weather Plays Truant.” Hindu, March 25, 2013.