Research . Grow
We are not a tea estate. We are a forest that happens to grow tea, herbs, spices and fruit together, in layers, the way a rainforest does.
We do not plant a crop. We weave a forest.
and let her heal herself, our community, and you.
The Canopy
A natural rainforest grows in layers. Our garden does the same, with each storey shading, feeding and protecting the one beneath it.
Shade · Shelter · Soil-Building
Native rainforest trees that filter sunlight and feed the forest floor with leaf-fall.
Tea · Spice · Living Heart
Tea, Cinnamon and Cardamom share dappled light and exchange minerals through interwoven roots. We also grow Gliricidia, Erabadu, Caliandra etc for Mid Layer
Cover · Aroma · Nourishment
Gotukola, Pineapple and Lemongrass hold the soil, repel pests and feed our community kitchen. We also grow Arachis Pintoi, Creeping Tick Trefoil, etc
Companion Plants
Each companion is researched, paired and observed for years before it earns its place in the garden. Together they make the soil healthier, the tea richer, and the forest more itself.
Living mulch · Memory herb
A spreading wetland herb that blankets bare soil between tea bushes, locking in moisture, suppressing weeds and lending its quiet medicinal goodness to our kitchen.
Slope guardian · Sun-sweet fruit
Hardy rosettes hold our terraced edges in place during monsoons, while their golden hearts ripen into a forest-grown harvest for our farmhouse table.
Pest deterrent · Aromatic oil
Tall fragrant clumps mark every contour of our garden. Their citrus oils gently steer insects away from young tea, and their leaves are pilot-distilled into pure essential oil.
Nitrogen fixer · Weed suppressor
A low-growing legume that creeps between rows, continuously fixing atmospheric nitrogen back into the soil. Its dense mat smothers weeds naturally without any intervention from us.
Soil builder · Living carpet
A tough trailing legume that roots at every node, binding bare earth on our steeper slopes while steadily enriching the soil food web with fixed nitrogen and organic matter.
Heritage spice · Bark & oil
A native of these hills. Coppiced gently each season, cinnamon bark is hand-rolled into Ceylon quills while leaf and twig feed our oil-extraction trials.
Shade-lover · Pod aromatics
Thrives in the soft light beneath our shade trees. Its pods carry the cool, eucalyptus-bright note we are now researching for blended teas and fragrance.
Green manure · Shade regulator
One of the most versatile trees in our mid layer. Coppiced regularly, its nitrogen-rich leaves are chopped and mulched directly into the soil, feeding the tea without a single bag of fertiliser.
Living fence · Rapid shade
Erythrina - locally called Erabadu - grows fast, fixes nitrogen, and gives heavy shade exactly when young tea needs it most. Its vivid flowers are also a favourite of forest birds.
Pollinator magnet · Biomass
With its powder-puff blooms, Calliandra draws pollinators deep into the garden while its dense foliage is regularly pruned to add a rich layer of organic biomass to the forest floor.
How We Cultivate
"Which plants thrive side by side"
We study how each species shares light, nutrients and root space with tea, testing companion combinations season after season before they enter the wider garden.
"Living humus, no chemicals"
On-farm compost, mulched leaf-fall and green manures feed the soil food web. We never apply synthetic fertilisers, weedicides or pesticides because the forest does the work.
"Hand-plucked, in season"
Three leaves and a bud, picked by hand. Spice bark, herbs and pods are gathered in small rotations so each plant can rest, recover and keep giving for decades.
Once a leaf, a pod or a stalk has been gently gathered, the next chapter of our value chain begins with research, extraction, manufacture, and the careful search for mindful customers around the world.