TeaScientist

Fascinated by tea science, tech, innovation. 25 patents on tea filed. Researching Food Futures & Holistic Nutrition. Founder and curator @iogtea club.

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The airwaves have been buzzing over the coming together of Aamir Khan & Ashutosh Gowariker after 25 years for another cricket film - this time on the historic Indo-Pak test series of 1952. We remembered telling a story on this iconic series awhile back and decided to revisit it (1)

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The common jezebel settling in for the night on the mango tree.

7 May 2026
Bangalore

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Bolt.
The lettuce also loves athletics.

Bangalore
26.4.2026

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Mango season begins.

Bangalore
26.4.2026

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Wasp Moth
Bangalore
24.4.2026

Wasp moths are day-flying moths that mimic wasps to deter predators.

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The aborted mangoes!
Everyday the mango trees drop a few premature fruits.
They go into a pickle every weekend..

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Sunbirds fooling around!
Bangalore
17 April 2026

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Interested in Food Systems!

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India Food Systems Youth Network’s first webinar featured insights from Dr. Gurmeet Singh on rethinking food systems and sustainability.

Missed it? Read more & watch the full session

https://t.co/zMMthk1ZlE

#FoodSystems #YouthNetwork #Sustainability

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Dragon fruit.

Bangalore
15 April 2026

For 6 months the cutting did nothing.
Now growing 1-2 inches a week.

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Curly!

Curly leaf parsley.
Bangalore
14 April 2026

Don’t really like the flavour direction in a salad. But fantastic as an infusion.
Infuse in hit water, filter, chill. Pour over ice and enjoy a zero calorie infusion during summer. Works well as a blend with a good green tea.

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Rise of Mung

Garden Pics
Bangalore
12-4-2026

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Dove on a Swing!

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Kunjapani is an Irula tribe village near Kotagiri.

Some of the foods they it.
Can you name a few from the pictures below.

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@TeaVivre Nice video. The juxtaposition of the pot Making & tea brewing is lovely.

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A cross-section of a tea plant. The fascinating branching pattern that is created by the plucking & pruning. These bushes are 30-y young. Average age of a tea plant in Nilgiris is said to be 70-y.

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Chai & Coffee.
Everything tastes nicer in the Blue Mountains.

#Nilgiri
#tea
#coffee
#Coonoor

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Coonoor.
Inside. Outside.

Breakfast at Sri Lakshmi Cafe.

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Glen’s are not there only in Scotland.
This is the Glen scenery from Glenview, the UPASI HQ at Coonoor.

Glens abound in Nilgiri’s, many forested, & many with tea gardens. Each Glen has its own microecology leading to its own tea character. Has never been studied systematically.

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The Tribal Centre at UPASI.
Tomorrow we visit a tribal village as @TDUPGConnect students explore the inter connectedness in the Food Systems in the Nilgiri ecosystem.

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In tea country again.
Nilgiri’s.