.....not just a good cup of tea!

unique organically-grown teas
that support growers and their families,
 and celebrate the culture of Assam

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Introducing this month's featured tea grower - Dhiren Phukan!

Meeting with Dhiren's workers while they discussed how to use fair trade premiums earned through the sale of tea to Level Ground Trading.

Chenehi Tea
a flavourful, full-bodied organic black tea handmade by small-scale tea grower  Dhiren Phukan and his team at their beautiful gardens near Dibrugarh, Assam.

Tea bushes in Dhiren's garden receive regular application of compost and natural formulas made from local plants and inputs.

Click here to view images from a visit with 
small-scale growers we're working with in different regions of Assam!

Read a message from Bijit Basumatary describing some of the challenges he and other growers in north east India are facing - and how our partners at Fertile Ground can help!.

   the small tea co-op is a family-based business. 
We carry out our work differently than most tea retailers.
 Here's why.

For almost a century, the tea industry in Assam has been controlled by large, non-Assamese business interests.  Relying on a work force originally brought in from other parts of India, it has historically offered few direct benefits to the people of Assam.

In the early 1990’s, a number of Assamese families began planting and cultivating tea in an effort to improve their livelihoods. Today, most of the tea leaves they harvest are sold to bought-leaf factories - often at prices that barely cover production costs.

Without access to processing equipment, technical and educational support or a market for their teas, many of the families who’ve shifted to growing tea as a cash crop are struggling simply to survive. 

The small tea co-operative is dedicated to assisting some of Assam’s tea growers to develop the capacity to process and market their tea. 

Along with a limited quantity of these very special teas, we're also able to offer other naturally-grown teas not available elsewhere in Canada.  You can read more about this on our site!

Contact us for prices and for information about where you can buy our teas. 
Convenient online ordering will be available soon!
smallteacoop@yahoo.ca


Download our fabulous chai recipe here!