We partner directly with indigenous family growers in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Sikkim — importing small-batch teas, heirloom spices, and wild chillies directly to our studio in Cardiff.
Three distinct chambers of rare botanicals. Browse whole-leaf orthodox teas, heirloom sun-cured spices, and legendary mountain chillies.
Wild-foraged cold-smoked leaves, whole-leaf golden tippy orthodox teas, and pan-fired cloud mist greens.
Heirloom Lakadong turmeric tested at 8.4% curcumin, smoked black cardamom pods, and wild Khasi cinnamon quill bark.
The world-famous Naga Bhoot Jolokia cured over oak coals, whole dried Dalle Khursani, and fermented bamboo bird's eye flakes.
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Plucked from unpruned, seed-grown heirloom tea trees growing in the forest canopies bordering Kaziranga. Withered and slowly cold-smoked over aged pine and wild bamboo coals for 18 hours by master grower Dhiren and his family.
Unfiltered field chronicles from our journeys across the Brahmaputra, Meghalaya plateau, and the Naga ridges.
Origin Story
Deep within the sacred reserve of Dzongu, beneath the shadow of Kanchenjunga’s glacier crests,...
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Origin Story
To understand the King Chilli, you must sit by a Naga hearth when the...
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Field Dispatch
The culinary ethnobotany of bamboo fermentation, oak coals, and King Chilli smokehouse curing.
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Field Dispatch
Agronomic and laboratory chromatographic analysis of why 8.4% curcumin occurs exclusively in Lakadong valley...
Read Dispatch →In our packaging studio overlooking the historic Cardiff docks, every single lot is received, inspected, hand-measured into embossed tins, and catalogued with archival batch stamps. We bypass commercial commodity auctions entirely, transferring 100% of purchase capital directly into sovereign grower bank accounts in Northeast India at 3 to 4 times standard market prices.
Direct grower contracts negotiated on-estate, bypassing commodity auctions and middlemen.
Direct sovereign payment into grower family accounts, ensuring sustainable regenerative agriculture.
Hand-measured into embossed tins with wax batch seals at our Bute Docks studio.
Golaghat, Assam
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Dawn mist rolling over the ancient seed-grown tea bushes. Dhiren checking the first unfurling two-leaves-and-a-bud.
October Harvest Expedition
Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya
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Curing heirloom Lakadong rhizomes in stone earthen pots. Tested at an exceptional 8.4% natural curcumin potency.
Batch #03 Terroir
Mokokchung, Nagaland
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Smoked King Chillies strung on wild cane racks over slow oak and wild bamboo coals. Intense heat with sweet resin undertones.
Smokehouse Ritual
The Roastery, Cardiff
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Hand-stamping each batch tin in our Cardiff studio. Numbered allocations ready for dispatch across the UK.
Cardiff Dispatch