Aiswarya Spices & Dreamland

We are set up right by the Kumily-Munnar Highway here in Kumily. It is a busy road with lots of trucks and cars passing through all day long. My family has been involved with spices for a long time because that is what grows best in this soil. Aiswarya Spices & Dreamland is basically where we keep the bags and jars of what we get from the local farms. If you walk inside, the smell is the first thing you notice. It is a mix of pepper, cardamom, and ginger. We spend a lot of time sorting through things to make sure there aren't too many stems or bad pieces mixed in. It’s a lot of manual work, sitting on low stools and going through the piles. The weather here in Kumily can be quite damp, so we have to be careful about how we store everything. We don't have a big fancy showroom. It’s more of a practical place where we keep the stock. Sometimes the fog gets so thick you can't see the highway from the front door. We see people coming from all over who are traveling between here and Munnar. They usually stop to look at the plants or ask about how the tea is growing this year. We just keep the doors open and do our work. It’s a simple way to make a living, surrounded by the smell of the hills and the sounds of the road.