Ep 64: Susmit Pratik, Ketlee: Tea can be 100 years old!

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Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha Varma

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Ep 64: Susmit Pratik, Ketlee: Tea can be 100 years old!

Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha Varma

32 minutes

1 month ago

Ep 64: Susmit Pratik, Ketlee: Tea can be 100 years old!

Just like wine and whisky, aged tea is a concept that has been around for years, especially in China, known as “pu-erh” teas that can be over a hundred-years-old. In India, Susmit Pratik, founder of Ketlee, decided to experiment with the variety through tea-growers in Manipur in 2018.

As tea ages, the Ranchi-based entrepreneur tells us, it loses its astringency and bitterness as sweeter, more fruity notes take over. Listen in as he talks about what goes into the process of ageing tea, how to serve it, whether you can age it at home, and his vision to offer tea from the remotest corners from India, tapping Ladakh, Nagaland, Tripura and beyond.

Ultimately, he says, sipping tea is all about experiencing joy, in whatever form one decides to have it!

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To buy: Aged tea from Ketlee

Timestamps:
01:08 Aged or pu-erh tea
04:26 Tea trees as tall as mango trees in Manipur
05:36 Working with tea since 2015
07:02 Starting with aged tea
09:30 Factors that influence tea flavour
11:28 Falap tea from Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
13:25 Aged tea availability15:00 Producers making aged tea
16:00 Tea cakes or pearls, brewed in a gaiwan; pricing
17:55 Quite an experience19:00 Preserving tea at home
20:00 Does regular tea have an expiry date?
23:20 Tea trends overall
25:03 Flavoured teas
26:30 Orthodox (loose leaf black tea) vs CTC (crush, tear, curl for milk tea)
27:38 Tea drinking more popular
28:14 Providing wholesale tea for retailers
29:10 Vision for Kettle; tea industry outlook
31:33 Promoting the joy of tea drinking

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