Chai Pilgrimage

Interactive Chai Pilgrimage Map

Posted by jenny on Jun 25 2008 | Uncategorized

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5 Responses to “Interactive Chai Pilgrimage Map”

1. # Sonu

   LOVELY AND WONDERFUL BLOG!!! MY CONGRATULATIONS.

   10 May 2009 at 7:57 am

2. # Nanette

   I adore your site and made myself a cup of chai instantly! I took my first trip out of the US this past winter and traveled to South India. I was in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Our house guest didn’t think I would like chai and prepared coffee instead. I asked her if I could have a cup of the chai that she had made for herself and she grinned from ear to ear! Certainly not a Starbucks Chai latte, but oh so much yummier. I’ll never forget how pleased my hostess was that I loved it so much as well as all of her cooking. I’m already planning my next trip! Thank you for the lovely site. I’ll enjoy reading it from the beginning.

   24 May 2009 at 6:13 am

3. # ankur mehra

   hello,

   i dont know if it is of much relevance or not.
   i am not such a chai enthusiast, i am more of a traveler. i have seen some of the best tea gardens in India. i have been to darjeeling, ooty and munnar(kerala) in that order with some years gap in between every place.
   at darjeeling, the weather was so great that the look of every tea garden was amazing.
   ooty’s itself was such a beautiful city that i loved the tea gardens there better than darjeeling.
   but when i went to munnar, the tea gardens there were the best. the simply attracted me to them. the way they were evenly cut and well maintained was simply awe struck. i like munnar because of the tea gardens unlike ooty where it was the other way round.

   otherwise, tea culture at Ahmedabad (gujarat) is huge. having a cup of tea with your friend/ relative is an experience there. people share every cup of tea they have. they never have a cup of tea alone. the amazingly large number of tea stalls at every nick and corner of the city is a complete reflection of this fact. tea is available 24hrs at roadside vendors. people in the costliest cars come to have tea at these stalls at 3 or 4am.

   i hope these places could also be added to your interactive map.

   04 Jun 2009 at 3:08 am

4. # jenny

   hi Nanette, thanks so much for your comment and for visiting our site. i love hearing about when people first discovered chai! my first cup was from my husband ‘here’ but soon after i was drinking it several times a day in Nepal and India, on the street and in homes. i’m so lucky that i have a devoted chai wallah for a husband…i drink it almost every day! and even right now. we’d also like to go back, but we’ll have to wait now til littl’ Tulsi gets bigger! hope you enjoy our site and our book, too, someday… jenny

   13 Jun 2009 at 9:30 am

5. # jenny

   Hello Ankur, namaste! thanks for your comment and visiting our site. it’s nice to hear about the tea gardens in kerala. patrick and i have been wanting to visit kerala and will, someday. when we do, we’ll be sure to visit munnar. unfortunately we did not get to visit gujarat on our last trip although we would have liked to. this is why these places are not “on the map”. however, maybe i can make an extended map that includes places of tea and masala chai recommended from others like you. if you have any photos of these gardens or chai stalls, please email them to me, and i’ll include them when i do. i think that’s a great idea, especially those traveling around India where we did not go. thanks Ankur! jenny

   13 Jun 2009 at 9:37 am

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