I call myself a Tea Artist – because tea and tea making is nothing less than an art. I have been teaching this fine art of making and drinking tea for a while now and love what I do.
Other things about me:
Organizer of Tea Festival India – the first of its kind B2C tea festival, that helps premium and specialty teas come together under one roof to meet their discerning consumers.
Run a Tea group – “TeaBySusmita” (https://www.facebook.com/TeaBySusmita/ ) – the only group of its kind in India, based out of Bangalore.
Was the Official Tea Artist and Tea Blogger for the ‘Teas of the World Contest’ , conducted by AVPA Paris in July 2018.
Work as tea consultant to a few large and small / boutique tea brands in India.
Conduct regular tea workshops across India in collaboration with luxury hotels.
Introducing a certificate program on Indian Tea with collaboration with Tea Board India.
Design and create tea travels in India; plan to do it in Sri Lanka and other neighbouring nations.
Just launched my first Tea Tourism Video on The Nilgiri Tea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGmUnE1IpqU&t=3s
Some of the media coverage:
https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-lifestyle/history-tea-brewing-and-more-675072.html
http://www.unkrate.com/2018/06/unkrate-exclusive-india-still-runs-on.html?m=1
https://www.deccanherald.com/living/food-fiesta/tryst-tea-672628.html
https://www.deccanherald.com/expert-reveals-how-brew-tastiest-tea-671900.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/mar/17/toast-the-humble-tea-1582578.html
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/180316/chai-k-mates-all.html
http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/columns/you/Chitchat-over-chai/articleshow/51958590.cms
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/mar/17/toast-the-humble-tea-1582578.html
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/601520/its-tea-time-folks.html
Blogs by others:
http://www.katchutravels.com/observations-tea-festival-part-1/
https://www.teasugar.in/in/n/19 http://nikhileshmurthy.com/nikhileshmurthy/2017/1/15/tea-with-susmita-and-suzana
“I recently attended an afternoon tea session conducted by Susmita that I really enjoyed. I have been connected with her on Facebook for some time, and as a tea drinker who wanted to know more about the “proper” way to brew and drink my tea, thought that the event would be both informative and entertaining and I was not disappointed. I had also told Susmita that I was finding it difficult to source good leaf tea in Bangalore, and she offered to help me. As I like my tea to have a lot of colour and flavour I asked for Assam Tea. Susmita said she could get me some Assam Organic Orthodox Black tea. I got the package yesterday, with the tea in 100mg resealable pouches. I steeped a pinch of leaves in boiled water for 3 minutes, and I got a lovely strong Assam tea. I drank 2 large cups this morning..”
Ravi Dasgupta
“I’ve been trying out her selection of Orthodox Teas for quite a while now and I must say she’s got a very good collection of teas. Growing up in a typical Bengali tea loving family, my tastebuds for fine teas developed quite early and I always find it very difficult to get a good quality Darjeeling from the commercial tea selection available in the market. Susmita Das Gupta solved this problem for me! Now I no longer need to carry huge bags of tea from Kolkata. So far I’ve tried out the Himalayan Silver Needle, Darjeeling First Flush, Oolong, Golden Tips Oolong and a Darjeeling Second Flush as well. My all time favourite one is the Silver Needle, since I prefer a very light brew. But she caters to all taste buds, so do give her teas a try 👍🏻 P.S: Btw she puts in a lot of effort in packaging and always lets in notes on how the tea is to be brewed.”
Sonali Chakroborty
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Tea With Susmita 