Chengmari Tea Co. Ltd.

You can find us at No. 37, Shakespeare Sarani. This is an old part of the city and it has a lot of character, though the traffic can be a real headache during the rush hours. We have been Chengmari Tea Co. Ltd. for a long time, and this office is where all the main decisions happen. It is not one of those modern glass buildings; it is more of a traditional space that feels like it has seen a lot of history. We mostly deal with the logistics of our tea and keeping the accounts straight. There is always a lot of tea to taste and evaluate, which keeps the office smelling nice even when the humidity is high outside. We aren't really interested in flashy marketing or trying to sound more important than we are. We are just a group of people who know tea and have been in the business for years. Every morning starts with a cup of tea, naturally, and then we get into the piles of ledgers and the phone calls. The building is solid and has that old Kolkata feel to it. Sometimes the elevators are a bit slow, so we just take the stairs. It’s a very practical environment without any of those modern office perks. We just focus on getting the tea from the gardens to where it needs to go. That’s pretty much our whole day, every day.