How a three-acre clearing near the Periya hairpin bends became a home for organic tea and coffee.
In 1962, our founder — a farmer with three acres on a steep, forested slope above Periya — made a simple decision that shaped everything since: he would never spray his tea or coffee with chemicals, no matter how much easier it might have made the work.
That promise was unusual for its time. Neighbouring estates were rapidly adopting synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. Ours stayed slow, shaded, and stubbornly organic — relying on compost, intercropped pepper and silver oak, and patience.
Our founder plants the first tea rows on a forested slope near Periya, refusing synthetic inputs from day one.
Shade-grown Arabica and Robusta are intercropped between the tea terraces, diversifying the estate and the soil.
The estate formalises what it had always practiced, earning independent organic certification for both crops.
Neighbouring smallholders join under a fair-trade buying agreement, growing the network to 40+ families.
Three generations later, the estate brings its tea and coffee directly to homes across India for the first time.
No synthetic pesticides, fertilisers, or additives — ever, on any crop we grow.
Every pack traces to a named estate block, so you know exactly where it grew.
Above-market pay for 40+ partner farming families who share our land ethic.
Shade-tree cover, water-conserving terraces, and habitat for the Western Ghats' wildlife.