Roy Tea Traders

We've been here in Namonigaon for a while now, just around the corner from Rajeshwari Inter College in Tezpur. The tea trade keeps us pretty busy most days. It's a simple setup. We spend a lot of time sorting through bags and talking to folks who come by the shop. The mornings usually start early when the air is still a bit cool. You can see the students heading to the college while we’re unloading crates. It isn't a fancy place, just a lot of wooden shelves and the smell of dried leaves everywhere. Sometimes the rain makes things a bit slow, but we just keep at it. People around here know where to find us. We don't do much advertising because word of mouth seems to work okay in this part of town. The office is small, mostly cluttered with papers and samples from different batches we get in. It’s a lot of manual work, lifting and shifting, making sure things are stored where they won't get damp. We’ve grown used to the rhythm of the seasons here. When the harvest is high, there’s hardly any room to move inside. We just try to get the tea out to whoever needs it without making a big fuss. It’s just how we do things at Roy Tea Traders. Some days are long, and the dust gets on everything, but that’s just part of the job in Namonigaon. We’re usually here until the sun goes down. It might not look like much, but it's our daily life.