In addition to the unique flavours that teas from the government-run TanTea plantations and factory in The Nilgiris bring to the cup, the lingering taste comes from what the initiative represents: helping Tamil repatriates from Sri Lanka from the 1970s onwards. T. Arunkumar, who runs a TanTea dealership with three outlets in Chennai, along with his father, S. Thiruvasagam, on the heady combination of empowerment and tea tasting