Tindharia – Kanoria Tea

‘‘Tindharia’’ , the bio-organic boutique tea garden located beneath 3 mountain ridges.

The estate is located at the confluence of the 3 mountain streams in the South Kurseong district of Darjeeling. Tindharia Tea Estate is blessed by Nature with flowing streams and greenery around it. While the exact date of the plantation is not recorded, this is estimated to be around .

1900

Efficient Manpower

Tindharia is a boutique Bio-organic Darjeeling tea estate. Every invoice is produced with personal attention and care.
Massive Production

With 170 Hectares under tea, the estate produces an annual crop of 70 MT.
A Great Elevation

The estate starts at an elevation of 400 meters extending to 1100 meters.

Variants

50% of the plantation is under China bushes, 15% is AV2 clones, 15% hybrids and 30% Assam. Extensive new plantation and rejuvenation is being carried out using high quality clonal bushes. This will contribute to the estate’s sustainability in the long term.
Upgraded Equipments

The factory and the machinery are constantly upgraded after a complete overhaul in 2005. A novel Hot Water generator was installed in 2020 to improve drying of tea and remove contact between hydrocarbon and tea leaf.

Sustainability and Traceability

All our teas are traceable from bush to cup.
As part of our commitment towards Nature and Environment Sustainability, the estate has a program for soil conservation through planting of new shade trees every year, and an ongoing drain renewal program. Old bushes which have become weak and lower quality are constantly uprooted and replanted by high quality young clonal plants. The estate is committed to organic practices.
Tindharia considers its approximately 250 workers and their families to be its prime assets and maintains harmony and excellent relations with the workers and the community. We believe that the plantation can only be sustainable if workers are happy and consider the plantation to be their own.

Special Teas

The estate’s white tea ‘PEARL’ is a treasured tea and was the Gold Medal winner for the best Indian tea at the U.S Annual Tea Conference 2012. This tea is completely handmade from the first tender leaves plucked at the very start of 1st Flush in Spring.
Apart from traditional Black teas, Tindharia is particularly well known for its unique Darjeeling green teas. Most estates in India usually produce green teas by passing steam from a boiler into a roaster where the green leaf is stuffed. At Tindharia, green tea is produced in the old-fashioned way where the fresh green leaf is individually ‘bathed’ in boiling water. This steams the leaf more evenly and generates a high-quality sweet flavor which is rarely found in teas from a boiler/roaster. These teas are particularly cherished in Europe and USA.

Markets

Approximately 50% of Tindharia’s production is bought by Germany, 15% by Japan, 10% by other countries including USA, and approx. 25% by domestic Indian market.
We welcome you to unravel the mystique of our teas.

Sustainability and Traceability

Special Teas

Markets

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