Description
We think this tea is the start of something new and special so we called it New Assam. Traditionally all Assam teas have been made or processed on large plantations and this is one of the first teas available in Europe to be both grown and processed by small farms.
Pallabjyoti Nath
Pallabjyoti Nath wanted to stay in his home village where he had grown up and married so together with his brother Pranabjyoti they decided to start a small farm that included tea with other plants like oranges, rubber as well as a variety of vegetables. Processing their teas by hand, they have started to make delicious orthodox teas in Sonitpur an area renowned for large tea estates which have seen dramatic and very violent clashes between the owners and the low paid workers. The Naths and other small local tea farmers want to work together to create a community of small tea farmer who can maximize their earning by producing tea rather than accepting the unacceptably low prices offered by bought leaf factories.
