I'm sure I have all the Arabic brands of Kalmi and Barooti. There are
about 10 stores serving our Arabic community. I've only seen the
Gulabi name on their two boxes. If they're using that name for other
teas I haven't seen it. I've discovered that Kalmi and Barooti are
particular marketing terms for Iran only and not used generally
elsewhere even though some brand of each lines the shelves of every
store. As I said in another post awhile back this might something
similar to a Arabic 'kosher'. I checked Arabic blogs such as
http://behnoudonline.com/ and you will see transliteration starting
with G. You'll have to drill down to see it in the people who reply
because they don't have the language pack. Tea is an agricultural
product and we've discussed foreign matter in the past which is why I
always boil my water. I've seen somethings in my wild tree green puerh
log which would probably interest my health department.

Jim

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article .com>,
> Space Cowboy > wrote:
> >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.
>
> Okay, I can buy that, although I have seen teas in a lot of different
> boxes sold as "Gulabi" although that may be due to various sorts of
> infringement. Next time I am at the Persian market up in Washington DC,
> I will check things out.
>
> I will not drink "The Famous Brand" Mumtaz, after finding an enormous
> roach in a box about twenty years ago. It was very dessicated and had
> clearly been processed with the tea at least somewhat.
>
> >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.
>
> Makes completely sense.
>
> I am now advised that "Kalam" is cabbage in Persian, and that therefore
> "Kalami" means cabbagelike. That also makes perfect sense.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."