Seeds of a revolution can be planted even during a mundane chore. Two Assamese childhood-friends — Upamanyu Borkakoty, and Anshuman Bharali, who have minted the world’s first ‘bag-less’ tea bag, should know it the best.
Besides this patent-pending innovation combining the true whole-leaf and a bud nuance with convenience — a pairing hitherto unachieved, brewing the first cup — each unit can be reused up to four more times — unfolds its own drama.
As the hot-water leisurely opens up the leaves to seduce out a greenish-golden temper, the vegetal notes perfume the immediate air; this exotic light-bodied refresher concludes with a smooth herbaceous linger. That will be the Dirty Detox — their green tea, simply because that’s how it all started, towards the end of 2014…