INDIANS TEA, Tea maker

This rich warm tea may be served with milk and sweetener or even simmered in milk rather than steeped in water for a real Indian treat.

This is the world famous argentinean MATE, spreaded in all Southern South America, for drinking the MATE herb tea…(both, the mug and the herb, are named the same way)
The herb (YERBA MATE), is a natural source of energy, discovered by the pre-columbus indians, and cultivated in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay ever since.
The MATE mug, is made out of natural gourd (squash), conveniently processed.
The “Bombilla” is the straw used for drinking the Mate tea, or any drink you might have in your mate…It has a filter on one end, so, it’s performance is awsome!…Easy to use, easy to wash, easy to clean…Made in Nickel and Bronze.
Best quality in both, the MATE and the BOMBILLA.

ARGENTINA KIT: Mate gourd 100% natural + Yerba Mate Herb tea + Nickel straw (w/filter)

Baby Girl, Green and Silver, Silk Embroidred, Ethnic Indian Pakistani 3 Pc Shalwar/pants Kameez/shirt Kids Outfit

A small but elegant piece of ethnic home accent, this set of two tea-light candle holders is part of our Indian home decor collection. Rajasthan, India, owes its development as a hub of art and culture to its royal lineage. For centuries the State has been home to great patrons of art and as a result the skill of the sculptors and artists has reached near perfection. In Rajasthan, it is the Barmar craftsmen from the heart of the desert who painstakingly carve wood and then paint it to give to the world, objects of rare beauty! Measures 4 inches high and 1.75 inches wide. These beautiful candle holders are perfect as a gift!

The Mr. Coffee TP30 Iced Tea Maker 3 Quart Pitcher fits models TM30P TM30PL

Add a little Zen to your space with these stone tealight candle holders with Buddha figure on them. Sold as a set of two, these are made from a mixture of terra cotta and sandstone by a small family business in Central Thailand. The pieces are molded, fired in kilns to harden, and finally given a light “aging” patina to give it an antique look. Each Buddha tealight holder measures about 2.5 inches high and 2 inches wide. Tea lights are not included.

Our new and improved tea maker brews the perfect cup every time! It is the most efficient, simple and clean way to steep tea. Simply add tea and water at the correct temperature, then put the tea maker on your favorite mug. The patented drain mechanism will strain the tea into your cup and keep the leaves in the tea maker. Four piece construction allows you to remove the filter for cleaning and easily reassemble. Brews 16oz (2 cups) of tea and fits cups with a 3.5 inch diameter. Made of sturdy polycarbonate that is BPA free.Cleaning & Care: After brewing and draining tea, dump spent leaves, rinse tea maker and allow to dry. The lid and stainless steel strainer can be removed carefully and washed separately. Although the Perfect TeaMaker is top rack dishwasher safe, we recommend hand washing with mild soap and a non-abrasive sponge. Not for use in microwave. Not for use on stovetop. CAUTION: Always use the attached handle when moving the Perfect TeaMaker. Use care when handling as the bottom mechanism can release hot tea if touched. Use on a flat surface with included coaster. Keep out of reach of children.

This is the world famous argentinean MATE, spreaded in all Southern South America, for drinking the MATE herb tea…(both, the mug and the herb, are named the same way)
The herb (YERBA MATE), is a natural source of energy, discovered by the pre-columbus indians, and cultivated in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay ever since.
The MATE mug, is made out of natural gourd, and placed in a convenient nickel base.
The “Bombilla” is the straw used for drinking the Mate tea, or any drink you might have in your mate…It has a filter on one end, so, it’s performance is awsome!…Easy to use, easy to wash, easy to clean…Made in Nickel and Bronze.
Best quality in both, the MATE and the BOMBILLA.

Argentina MATE kit: Leather covered gourd, PLUS nickel and bronze straw with filter (“bombilla”), PLUS Yerba Mate Herb Tea

In this creative, ethnographic, and historical critique of labor practices on an Indian plantation, Piya Chatterjee provides a sophisticated examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. A Time for Tea reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements—picturesque women in mist-shrouded fields—came to symbolize the heart of colonialism in India. Chatterjee exposes how this image has distracted from terrible working conditions, low wages, and coercive labor practices enforced by the patronage system.
Allowing personal, scholarly, and artistic voices to speak in turn and in tandem, Chatterjee discusses the fetishization of women who labor under colonial, postcolonial, and now neofeudal conditions. In telling the overarching story of commodity and empire, A Time for Tea demonstrates that at the heart of these narratives of travel, conquest, and settlement are compelling stories of women workers. While exploring the global and political dimensions of local practices of gendered labor, Chatterjee also reflects on the privileges and paradoxes of her own “decolonization” as a Third World feminist anthropologist. The book concludes with an extended reflection on the cultures of hierarchy, power, and difference in the plantation’s villages. It explores the overlapping processes by which gender, caste, and ethnicity constitute the interlocked patronage system of villages and their fields of labor. The tropes of coercion, consent, and resistance are threaded through the discussion.
A Time for Tea will appeal to anthropologists and historians, South Asianists, and those interested in colonialism, postcolonialism, labor studies, and comparative or international feminism.

Designated a John Hope Franklin Center book by the John Hope Franklin Seminar Group on Race, Religion, and Globalization.

A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation