Travel Stories
Field notes from the road through Bengal: the places, rituals and people behind every SpiceRoute design. Read the story, then carry it home.
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Travel storyKolkata, to the World: Carrying Home in Your Luggage
For every Bengali who has packed a suitcase full of posto and nostalgia. A love letter to leaving, and to always coming back.
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Travel storyBengal, Stitched: The Quiet Art of Kantha
Old saris layered together, a running stitch, and stories sewn by hand. How kantha turned memory into textile, and inspired our pattern.
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Travel storyA Box of Mishti: Bengal's Language of Love
In Bengal you don't say congratulations, sorry or welcome home. You bring a box of mishti. A sweet-shop crawl through the city.
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Travel storyNext Stop, Darjeeling: Mornings Above the Clouds
The slow climb north, a toy train, tea gardens folded into the mountains, and the moment Kangchenjunga turns pink at sunrise.
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Travel storyCha in a Bhaar: Why Bengal Runs on Tea and Adda
A clay cup, a street-corner bench and a conversation that goes nowhere in particular. Notes on the most Bengali ritual of all.
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Travel storyLost in Boi Para: An Afternoon on College Street
Pavements stacked with books, booksellers who know exactly what you need, and a coffee house full of arguments. An afternoon in Kolkata's book neighbourhood.
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Travel storyHowrah at Dusk: The Bridge That Holds a City Together
Every Kolkata story starts or ends at Howrah. We go down to the ghats at golden hour, when the river turns copper and the bridge becomes...
Read the story →One journey, seven stops, every piece a travel story.
We didn't design a catalogue. We travelled through Bengal, from the ghats of Howrah to the hills of Darjeeling, and brought back what we found. Follow the route and read the story behind each piece.
- 01 Howrah Bridge Golden hour on the Hooghly, where every Kolkata story begins. Read the story →
- 02 College Street The book neighbourhood: stacked spines, coffee house debates and the tram bell. Read the story →
- 03 The tea stall A clay cup, four o'clock and conversation without end. Read the story →
- 04 Darjeeling 4 a.m., Kangchenjunga turning gold, tea gardens below. Read the story →
- 05 The sweet shop Bengal's language of love, in a box tied with string. Read the story →
- 06 Kantha villages Old saris, a running stitch, memory sewn by hand. Read the story →
- 07 Kolkata, to the world For every Bengali abroad with a taste of home in their suitcase. Read the story →