Joonktollee Tea & Industries Ltd.

If you come down to 234-A on Race Course Road, you’ll find us working away at Joonktollee Tea & Industries Ltd. Being in the tea business means our days are often filled with the smell of different samples and a lot of paperwork regarding shipments and estates. We aren't a new company, so things have a certain rhythm here that hasn't changed much over the years. The office gets quite bright in the mornings, which helps when we’re looking at leaf quality. We deal with a lot of different people, from the folks at the gardens to the traders who buy in bulk. It’s a lot of back-and-forth emails and phone calls. Sometimes the phones won't stop ringing and it feels a bit chaotic, but we manage. We don’t really go in for fancy decor or modern open-plan offices; we just have our desks and our filing cabinets. Tea is a serious business in this part of the world, and there’s always something to keep us occupied, whether it’s weather reports or auction prices. We just try to keep things moving smoothly. Most of us have been here long enough that we don't need to say much to know what needs doing next. It’s steady work. We enjoy the routine of it all, even on the days when the paperwork seems like it’s never going to end.