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// for tea brands going direct.

for tea brands going direct.

assam grows half of india's tea, and most of it still moves through auction at commodity margins. the brands that have gone direct — halmari, esah, ketley gold — are showing what the rest of the industry could be.

we build the digital layer that lets a tea estate sell directly: the storefront, the subscription engine, the inventory system that tracks every flush, lot, and garden. and the ai that handles customer questions in english, hindi, and assamese.

a brass tea caddy with first-flush leaves spilling onto muga silk, beside a small brass weighing scale and a cream cotton provenance sack

// what we build

the digital layer, end to end.

// 01

d2c storefront.

shopify, custom next.js, or a hybrid. payment gateways tuned for india (razorpay, cashfree, upi) and export-ready (stripe, paypal). multilingual product pages from day one.

// shopify · next.js · razorpay · stripe

// 02

subscription engine.

monthly tea boxes, single-estate clubs, gift subscriptions — billing, dunning, and pause/skip flows that don't lose customers between flushes.

// subscriptions · billing · retention

// 03

inventory + traceability.

every lot tied to a flush, a garden, and a plucking date. customers see provenance on the product page. you see real-time stock by sku and channel.

// inventory · traceability · qr provenance

// 04

ai for customer support.

an agent that answers brewing questions, recommends a flush by taste profile, and handles order status — in english, hindi, and assamese — from your whatsapp + website.

// ai agents · whatsapp commerce · multilingual

// why now

the buying signal: brand-side margin on a kilo of premium first-flush is 4-8× the auction price. every estate without a working d2c stack is leaving that on the table.

// start the conversation

ready to ship something for your tea brands?

a 30-minute call. share the problem, we'll share what we see. honest, focused, and yours alone.

book a call →

// avg response: under 6 hours, weekdays.

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