The United Nilgiri Tea Estates Co. Ltd.

Out here on Savithri Shanmugham Road, things stay pretty busy with the tea business. Our office is right at number 3, near the Race Course Road area. We’ve been handling tea from the Nilgiris for a long time now. It’s a lot of paperwork and phone calls to the estates, making sure everything is moving like it should be. We aren't a flashy company or anything like that. Most of the staff have been sitting at these same desks for years and they know the routine. We deal with the mountain teas, the kind that grows up high in the cold air. It's a specific kind of work, tracking shipments and talking to buyers on the phone throughout the day. The office gets a bit cramped with all the old ledgers and samples lying around on the tables. You’ll usually find a few half-empty cups of tea sitting on the desks because we're always tasting something new to check the quality. It isn't always perfect, sometimes the weather in the hills messes up the harvest and we have to scramble to find solutions for the orders. But that is just how the tea trade goes. People in the building know us as the tea folks. We just keep our heads down and do the work. The location is good because it’s central, though parking around the Race Course can be a real headache in the afternoons. We just focus on the leaves and the estates we manage. It’s steady work and we like the people we deal with daily.