Karma Kettle Teas

Karma Kettles travels with teas began right in the heart of gorgeous tea country. A British tea-planters bungalow surrounded by three legendary Darjeeling tea estates gave the inspiration of a lifetime to Dhiraj Arora, Karma Kettles Founder & Owner sparking a passion for tea that is now an obsession. Dhiraj set about restoring Cochrane Place (www,cochraneplacehotel.com) in Kurseong, turning it into a 31-room boutique heritage hotel and, before you could say chai, he had opened the first specialized tea bar and boutique in the Darjeeling region- Chai Country served up to 50 different varieties of teas & tea blends and won several awards and accolades. Clearly, here was a passion that was widely shared and which many wanted indulged, brew by brew and blend by blend. For the next part of the tea journey, Dhiraj was joined by Priti, a hospitality industry professional who shared his enthusiasm for food, tea, wine and travel. Tea lovers and compulsive travelers that they are, their trave...