Wine, Dine and Dance - Tranquilitea (Tea Lounge)

Hidden amidst the tea plantations in Coonoor, Tranquilitea is a niche Tea Lounge found in the Sim's Park Road. We found it on a wander walk from Sim's Park and it came to be a pleasant surprise. The ambiance is posh, relaxing and beautiful. One can sip tea and sit at the lawn, or enter the 100 year old house, beautifully built and experience the decor. Sandeep Subramani, the proud planter and also the owner of the Tranquility, explains that this is an experiment to provide tea connoisseurs with the best of tea to taste, and provide the commoners with a better understanding of tea. He patiently and enthusiastically explained the process of tea making, the different tea varieties and how tea tasting is close to an art form, as indulgent as wine tasting. We were thrilled to hear about the Silver Tip (And were equally thrilled to taste it!) - a tea that is picked before the bud opens up and a rare variety. We tried the Handmade tea, CTC tea, flavored tea and other varieties. We understood the Orange Pecko too (and that's +20 points to us!) Brought in cute transparent glasses, the tea tasting was seemed much more sophisticated and stylish than what we thought it would be. Tranquility also offers a selection of snacks to munch on – we tried the Waffles and scones, and they were good enough to melt the soul. Sandeep, the owner of the tea lounge, also made a wonderful host – charmed our way through the tea story. In the setting of the blue mountains, nothing is as natural as “talking about tea” in a Tea Lounge! And thankfully, we can continue to enhance our tea-story at Tranquilitea, Bangalore (in white field). You can have a look at this and get to know it better.