From the people who make it

CTC Assam, the Everyday Cup

Strong, quick, built for milk and sugar. This is what Assam actually drinks at home, and it is not a lesser tea.

Second Flush Orthodox Assam, TGFOP

The malty one. Whole leaf with golden tip, plucked in the second flush, when Assam tea tastes most like itself.

Assam Tea Tasting Set: Orthodox, CTC, Green

Three 50 g pouches and a card explaining what you are tasting. The cheapest way to find out which Assam tea you actually like.

Bihu Gift Set: Tea, Gamosa, Japi

Multiple, listed on each item

A handwoven gamosa, 100 g of second flush orthodox and a small japi, boxed. The whole gesture in one parcel.

Eri Silk Nehru Jacket, Natural Ivory

Nehru-cut waistcoat in undyed eri silk. Matte rather than shiny, warm like wool, and the moth leaves the cocoon alive before the silk is spun.

Eri Silk Shawl, Undyed

Spun, not reeled. Warm like wool, matte rather than shiny, and the moth leaves the cocoon alive. Undyed, in its own off-white.

Handwoven Gamosa, Red on White

Cotton, handwoven, red border and motif on white. The cloth an Assamese household gives, receives and lives with.

Muga Silk Nehru Jacket, Golden Border

Sleeveless Nehru-cut waistcoat in muga silk, undyed. The gold is the fibre's own colour, not a dye, and it deepens with washing rather than fading.

Xorai, Bell Metal, Sarthebari

Sarthebari, Bajali

Cast, hammered and polished by hand in Sarthebari. The offering tray at the centre of every Assamese ceremony.