Sunday, January 30, 2011

Teasta for pure teaholics



Bored of sipping tea at your place or at numerous other tea shops at every nook and cranny of the city and still searching for great tasting teas crafted to suit your palate? Try 'Teasta', one of the most prominent tea shops in the city, which claims to offer wide variety of teas to the 'teaholics'.

The tea Shop at Godavari market in Sector 37 has become one of the most popular hangout places in Noida these days where one can sit and enjoy tea with delicious handmade cookies. Not only tea, but one can also go for coffee, sandwiches and momos. "It's a good place to relax and have a sip of tea. Generally, I go there with my friends and spend hours," said Aditya Aggarwal, a college student.

This shop offers you a wide variety of teas which include Kashmiri kahwa, Sor-tib tibetian tea and ginsing tea with Chinese herbs. Green tea, Darjeeling tea, lemon tea, orange tea and jasmine tea are also available here which are from the best tea gardens of Assam and Darjeeling.

It is a small shop and has been run for fifteen years by Capt (Retd) Vijay Mehra and his wife, who are the residents of the same sector. "After retirement, I worked in a tea plantation firm in West Bengal and learned the whole process of making tea. Then I moved to Noida and initially started my own tea shop in my garage but at that time it was very difficult for me to find the customers as people were not so much aware about the varieties of tea. It took me more than two years to educate them about the whole process of brewing tea," said Vijay Mehra, Retd Capt.

Around 200 people daily visit the shop. Tea prices are very reasonable and range from Rs 15 to 45. You can also buy tea leafs from the shop which cost around Rupees 50-170 for 250 gm."It is quite popular among the young crowd, they come here to sip and chat. Green tea without sugar and milk is the first choice of the customers and some also prefer ginger ice tea even in this chilly winter," added Mehra.

http://www.jagrancityplus.com/city-news/teasta-for-pure-teaholics_1295241532.html


4 comments:

  1. I hve been there,its a great place.Thanks for leting us knw.

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  2. It seems that the trend of loose leaf teas in India is growing slowly but surely.

    DarjeelingTeaXpress

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  3. i have been trawling the net for a contact number for TEASTA and/or Capt Mehra... can you please connect me? i am available at (0)9810543595, and i am writing a piece on tea rooms in delhi. my deadline is tomorrow!!!

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