Gulabi is one corporate brand name, Mumtaz is another, of
G.A.Randerian(Gar) Limited, Calcutta. Sort of a Unilever of the Middle
East. Their corporate logo (Shield with G.A.R LTD) is a registered
trademark in Iran no 15873. Gulabi also has a registered trademark no
155569. This information comes from their Gulabi Kalmi teabox. I
can't find their Gulabi Barooti box for any more trademark protection.
Gulabi is to Iran/Middle East as Lipton is to the US/West. Ahmad
describes their Barooti tea as "A premium blend of Golden Broken Assam
Leaf tea from the best gardens of the picturesque Brahmaputra Valley in
Norhtern India." Their Kalami tea starts with "A premium blend of
golden long leaf Assam..." Other companies that sell Barooti/Kalmi are
Shiva, Shahrzad, Shiva. I have the boxes. The letter S must be
popular in Arabic.

Jim

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> > I still haven't satisfied myself on the use of Kalami.
> >The Arabic Royal World brand says Kalmi(missing A) Orange Pekoe Ceylon.
> > So in a sense I think they mean whole leaf. Kalami/Ghalami is the
> >whole leaf assam you see in the Arabic stores. Gulabi is the name of a
> >Company.
>
> No, I have seen Gulabi used by a large number of companies, and it is
> clearly not an Arabic word since they do not use the G. I'm willing to
> bet on the Persian translation, but I'm curious how it got used and why.
>
> And I don't know what Kalami/Ghalami/Kalmi really means or what language
> it's in. This is what I started out trying to figure out.
> --scott