Three Cups of Tea Resources

The official website talks about everything from Three Cups of Tea to the children's book Listen to the Wind… well, not everything. The FAQ page is lacking perhaps the most frequently asked question at this point—you know, about whether this is all a lie.

The URL for the Central Asia Institute is named after a silk fabric symbolizing "strength […] and resilience." Seeing how the CAI still stands after Mortenson's scandal, we'd say that's an appropriate symbol.

Hop in the wayback machine and read this interview with Mortenson from 2009, before his tea was tainted with scandal.

The co-author of the book, Relin, killed himself in 2012. The New York Times details his legacy and his role in creating this book.

Mortenson finally goes Outside, as in the magazine, and responds to the allegations leveled against him by Jon Krakauer and 60 Minutes.

Talk about bitter Tea. The New York Times details the allegations against Mortenson and his response.

The CAI has a good mission, to educate children in the Middle East, but the delivery of its message, at least through its Mortenson mouthpiece, is problematic at best. Considering this, in 2013 the Daily Beast asks "Is it Time to Forgive Greg Mortenson?"

Here's the full 60 Minutes expose on Mortenson. (It won't take a full hour to watch it.)

Mortenson apologizes to Tom Brokaw (who once donated to Mortenson's cause). Does his apology hold any water?

NPR raved about Mortenson's charitable acts back in 2009, calling him an Ordinary Oprah. He never gave us a car or a vacation…

This interview was also conducted with Mortenson before the scandal for NPR's "From Scratch" series.

Mortenson views this beautiful stone during the book. We doubt it came from space, but it sure is purdy.

Mortenson has only a magazine to keep him company when he's (allegedly) kidnapped by the Taliban. This is his Time magazine buddy.