Abantika Tea

We've been here in Halisahar for a while now. It's a small place in Barendra Gali. People around here know us for the tea we keep. We don't do anything fancy, just standard tea leaves that people use every day in their kitchens. The shop is near the Bijpur police station area. Most mornings it gets quite busy with folks stopping by to get their supply for the week. We handle the packing ourselves mostly. It’s a family-run thing with just a few of us working. We aren't trying to be some big brand or anything like that. Just regular tea for regular people. Some days are slow, especially when it rains hard in 24 Parganas North, but we stay open regardless. We’ve seen the neighborhood change quite a bit over the years. We used to have a smaller counter, but we managed to fix it up. It’s mostly locals coming in, friends and neighbors really. We try to keep prices fair because we live here too. If you’re walking down towards the post office, you’ll probably see us. It’s just a plain shop with bags of tea stacked up on the wooden shelves. Nothing more to it. We don’t really do ads or anything. People find us by word of mouth or just because they live nearby. That’s how it’s always been for us. We keep a few different grades of leaf depending on what people like for their morning chai. Sometimes people stay for a chat while we weigh things out.