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TEA TOURS

Ever wondered what goes into making your morning cuppa? Now is your chance to find out.

Who better to tell you than a family of tea planters whose involvement in the Assam tea industry goes back five generations.

If you are staying in one of our heritage Chang bungalows you will already have a feel for what it was like to live on an estate during the early part of the last century. These bungalows, called Chang bungalows after their elevated construction (Chang means raised on stilts) are typical of the design that was to be found right along the valley of the Brahmaputra and many date back to the first tea planters who pioneered the industry in the Northeast.

Our tea tours take you through the garden to see the different activities that vary from season to season. During the winter months the dormant bushes are pruned to ensure vigorous growth during the warmer months. Once the rains start and the temperature rises the gardens come alive with teams of colorfully dressed tea pluckers, predominantly ladies as they are said to be better able to pluck the delicate buds and leaves.

The harvest, which goes continuously from March to November, is taken daily to the factory where it undergoes an age old process to turn it into the finished product. All stages of the process are carefully controlled to ensure that the tea that leaves the factory is of the highest quality, a quality that has made Assam tea world famous.