I came across Abaji in browsing the music section of NPR, and could not resist sharing this video with you. Having been exposed to both eastern and western forms of music (as is the case of most immigrants from east to this country, I suppose) I am a big fan of musicians who introduce me to a different musical tradition. Abaji is an ambassador of world music to all of us being an exponent of Greek, Turkish, Armenian and French music. Here is what NPR had to say about Abaji.

Abaji’s work spans many cultures and languages. With roots in Greece, Turkey, Armenia and France, he’s at home strumming a twangy bouzouki, blowing into a breathy duduk or bowing a soft-toned kamancheh. When recording his latest album, Origine Orients, he played 10 different instruments, many of them simultaneously, with no second takes or overdubs. It took him just two days

Enough said about the musician. If you want to know more about Abaji, please play the Tiny Desk Concert video, and to visit his website (parts of which are in French and unintelligible to me). But there are english language translations in many places.

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And another thing - we have a sale going on at the moment on Tigerhill Tea - 20% off until the end of the month. We have a small stock of this wonderful tea left which will be gone soon, so order some if you would like to have some. Once its gone, it will be gone! The tea is available in both 100 gm pack and 500 gm pack which at $43, is a great steal!

Our favorite green tea, the Woodlands Estate Green tea from the Nilgiri Hills Green Tea is on sale from now until November 26th. This nice tea is an Organic Second Flush Tea grown at a high elevation of 6100 feet in the blue mountains of South India.

Both 100mg packs and bulk 1lb bags are on sale at 25% off

Upon from the high elevations of Nilgiri Hills comes this delicious green tea, raw in its power, yet smooth as it can be! This tea is certified organic green tea and the longish withered leaf turns in to bright green upon steeping. It produces a light green liquor upon a steep time of 1-1.5 minutes. Recommend upto three steeps out of one tea spoon, with subsequent steep times increasing by 30 seconds each.

The pictures below will tell you just how enticing this tea is!

Grade: Superfine
Season: Second flush
Leaf: Longish black
Liquor: Bright pale yellow
Infusion: Bright green

Please click the images below to enlarge them. Click the right edge to advance to next image

Net weight: 100 gms (3.5 oz)
Typically one 100 gm pack can make up to 100 cups of tea, with each cup costing less than 9 cents. With this sale, your per cup price drops to less than 7 cents! Now that is some savings!

Here is a copy of the letter I sent to our customers yesterday. Even if you are not a customer, this is a great opportunity to save on some teas which you could potentially use as gifts during the coming holiday season.

Enjoy!

Dear Customer:
SALE! SALE! SALE!
I am pleased to inform you that we have following teas on sale until 29 September:
1) Gopaldhara First Flush Tea: 15% off regular price of $15.95, now only $13.56. Few quantities remain, so hurry while the stock lasts
http://www.jayateas.netfirms.com/nfoscomm/catalog/gopaldhara-firstflushtea-p-130.html

2) Jaya Reaserve Handmade nut tea: 25% off regular price of $11.95 for 100 gms, now only $8.96.
http://www.jayateas.netfirms.com/nfoscomm/catalog/jaya-reserve-handmadenuttea-p-135.html

3) This tea is also available in 1lb bags. 1 lb bags are 30% off the original price: $40.85, now only $28.60
http://www.jayateas.netfirms.com/nfoscomm/catalog/jaya-reserve-handmadenuttea-p-136.html

4) Mangalam Estate Assam Tea: 20% off regular price of $8.95, now only $7.16
http://www.jayateas.netfirms.com/nfoscomm/catalog/mangalam-estate-p-137.html

5) Woodlands organic Green Tea; 100gms 10% off original price of $8.95, now only $8.06
http://www.jayateas.netfirms.com/nfoscomm/catalog/woodlands-organic-greentea-p-141.html

Prices of products on sale have been revised, so you do not require any coupon code to be entered during checkout.

FREE SHIPPING
As always, all tea and tea accessory purchases above the value of $75 are shipped free.

LOYALTY POINTS
And all your orders earn you loyalty points which can help you reduce the future cost of your tea purchases even further.
Did you know that there are two other ways in which you can earn points?
1) By referring our website to your friends and family you can earn $2.50 worth points when they make a purchase using the referral code sent by you
2) You can earn $1 worth points by simply writing reviews on our site.

MONETIZE YOUR BLOG
We also compensate people for writing review of Jaya Teas products on your blogs. If your weblog has a page rank of 5 or above, you can earn as much as $10 for each review! So monetize your blog by putting a link to our website on your blog. For more information, please visit us at http://www.jayateas.com/payment-for-links/

Please visit us online to review our large catalog of teas. www.jayateas.com

SALE ENDS ON 29TH SEPTEMBER!

Kind Regards,

Madhulika Pareek-Joshi
Jaya Teas, LLC
A woman owned business

THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION

Jaya Teas is offering a bag of 20 nylon tea pods of premium tea to any one completing the survey below. The survey is designed to help us pick top three bill boards we can use on our website. Its a way for us to involve you, our customer, in taking important decisions about our business!

Thank you for participating, your input is very valuable and important to us.

This is the survey link.

Madhulika

THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION

Coupon code - “memorialday”

Although our country is at war, for most families like my own it doesn’t really feel like it every day. And the main reason for this is that we are protected by very able men and women of the armed forces. We should all be very grateful to these men and women of armed forces who put their lives on line every day to ensure that our freedoms are safe.

But I am sure that it is different for the families of soldiers whose loved ones have given the ultimate sacrifice of laying down their life to protect us. To all those families I salute in honor. Your sacrifices and those of your loved ones will not be forgotten.

This memorial day, lets take a moment to remember all the young men and women who have given their lives in this war and wars of the past. To celebrate this somber occasion, Jaya Teas is offering 10% off on all the teas and tea accessories.

To take advantage of this offer, simply use the coupon code “memorialday” at checkout. If you have any questions, please contact us by clicking here

Celebrate Mother’s Day, For Next Six Months!

Dear Customer, This May 10 we will undergo the annual ritual of celebrating our mothers for all they do for us. But really, shouldn’t we be celebrating our moms every day of the year? Tough if you live far off like I do, but we will make it easier for you. Now, with our Tea Club membership you can celebrate your mother not only on Mothers Day, but the joy of the day gets repeated each month when your mother receives tea from us!

For a limited time, we are offering 10% off on the Tea Club membership. So, what is traditionally $120 tea club membership, will cost you $108!. Whats more, you will be rewarded 108 reward points which gives you a discount of $10.80 on your future purchase!

So, this Mothers day, give the favorite lady in your life a gift that will renew itself each month. Give her the Tea Club membership. Click on Gift Packs and Baskets link in the categories box on the left.

Happy Mother’s Day. I look forward to hearing from you. sales(AT)jayateas.com

- Madhu Pareek-Joshi