Maithili Tea

Maithili Tea is run out of an office in Laxmi Apartment on Shanta Devi Road. It is not your typical storefront. It is just a regular apartment that we have converted into a workspace. It can get a bit tight in there when we have a lot of tea samples or new stock coming in. We have been on Shanta Devi Road for several years. It is a lively street with a lot of shops and people walking by. We mostly handle the wholesale side of the tea trade. This means we spend a lot of our time on the phone or doing paperwork at our desks. There are usually two of us in the office most days. The hallways of Laxmi Apartment often smell like tea leaves, which the other residents do not seem to mind too much. We do not have a fancy reception area or a coffee machine for visitors. If you come by, we will probably just pull up a spare chair for you. The building is older, and the elevator can be a bit moody, so we often end up taking the stairs. It keeps us fit, I suppose. We do not try to act bigger than we are. We just focus on our suppliers and making sure the tea is moving to where it needs to be. It is a straightforward business without any bells or whistles or unnecessary complications.