Kalami is Indian for whole leaf assam. Barooti is Indian for broken
leaf assam. Gulabi is another term for Kalami. That might be an
Arabic translation but I'm not sure. There are earlier threads on the
subject.

Jim

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> I regularly drink a large-leaf tea called "Kalami" or "Kalmi" tea,
> also marked "Gulabi" tea. It seems to be a fairly low-grade Indian
> tea mostly for domestic consumption, definitely not a first-flush
> thing. It comes into the country from a lot of different companies,
> like "Tea India" and "Scheherazade."
>
> What IS this stuff? Where does it come from? The quality is quite
> variable, but the better and fresher batches usually have a good clean
> floral or peach smell to them, and it's inexpensive enough to take a
> gamble and pitch the stuff that is not.
>
> Is "Kalami" a place or a thing or what? What am I drinking here?
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."