Prithunagar Estate — A Ritual Born from Assam’s First Leaves

🔹 Legacy in Saplings: A Century of Quiet Craft

Before Assam became a global name in tea, Prithunagar Tea Estate was already shaping its future. Established as a tea nursery in 1902 in Dibrugarh, it nurtured Assam’s first saplings beside colonial plantations — but with Assamese intent and care. By 1920, it blossomed into a full-fledged estate, deeply rooted in resilience, soil wisdom, and local pride.

🔹 A Rare Dual-Craft Garden

Today, Prithunagar is among the few remaining dual-craft gardens in Assam — producing both Orthodox black and pan-fired Green teas with an eye for detail and a hand for balance. It’s not about scale here — it’s about standard. Every harvest is tasted, tested, and tuned by instinct and experience.

The Orthodox tea is twisted, not crushed — yielding warm malt, hints of dried fruit, and a quiet complexity.

The Green tea is pan-fired in small batches, delivering grassy sweetness and a clean, almost meditative finish.

🔹 Crafted Between Forest Trails and River Plains

Located between old forest paths and water-fed soil, Prithunagar is a place where mist, light, and time slow down. Here, leaves are still selected by eye, not machine. The pluckers, many of whom have spent decades with the same bushes, understand that real quality isn’t rushed.

🔹 The Cup as an Archive of Weather, Soil, and Stillness

Prithunagar’s teas aren’t just rich in flavor — they are deep with memory. Each batch carries stories of weather shifts, soil care, and decisions made with intuition, not algorithms. Whether you brew their Orthodox or Green tea, you’re tasting clarity — crafted one silent, stubborn standard at a time.

🔹 From Estate to You: Samov's Ritual of Return

For decades, Prithunagar’s most exquisite lots were exported — reserved for connoisseurs overseas. But at Samov, we believe India deserves to experience its own legacy. That’s why we bring Prithunagar’s single-origin teas directly to your cup — unblended, unburied, and unmasked.

This isn’t just about tea. It’s a ritual of restoration, offering clarity in your day and connection to something older than noise.

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