Tukdah Tea State

The tea gardens here in Lamahatta are where we spend all our time. It is a lot of work keeping up with the bushes and making sure everything grows the way it should. Rangli Rangliot is a beautiful place, but it keeps us busy from early morning until the sun goes down. We have been working the soil here for a long time. It’s not just a job; it’s what everyone around here does. The mist comes down heavy in the afternoons, which is good for the tea but makes the ground slippery. We don’t have a big marketing department or anything. We just grow the tea and process it right here on the estate. You can see the rows of green stretching out across the hills if you stand in the right spot. Sometimes the machinery in the processing area gets a bit loud, but that’s the sound of work getting done. We see a lot of people passing through Lamahatta these days, and some stop to look at the gardens. It’s hard work during the picking season when everyone is out there in the fields. We try to keep things traditional as much as we can because that’s how we learned. The air is always fresh, and the smell of drying leaves is everywhere. It’s a simple life focused on the seasons and the rain.