Steep Stories

Month: December 2017

  • A Custom Blended Christmas

    Christmas is usually my favorite time of year. But this year . . . I simply wasn’t feeling it. And it wasn’t for lack of trying. A week or so before the impending, I found a green bow on the floor of the parking lot at my work. It pretty much summed up how I…

  • The “Heritage” of Assam

    I’ve covered Assam before, and the many tea gardens that lie within the Indian state. To date, though, I don’t think I’ve focused on tea factories in the region. So, this post will be something a little bit different. But let’s start at the beginning. World Tea Expo, 2014: it was my second such tradeshow.…