Company Information
At teastall.com, created by the Apeejay Surrendra Group, we would like to share the experience of the world of tea. From the mists of the plantation to the wafting fragrances in your cup, each stage has a story.  

Tea drinking is a tradition that has reinvented itself over the centuries and it's essential contemporariness that has endeared itself to mankind down the centuries. We have attempted to capture some of its essence. Traverse through the socio - economic fabric of tea history and nuances of the tea industry at teastall.com and participate in the experience with some of the world's finest and most exotic teas selected by our tea taster.

Apeejay Tea Ltd., founded by A R Gordon Shaw in the year 1889 in London, is one of the oldest tea companies in the world. Over the years, it has perfected the art of producing the best of blends, which hold their competitive position in the world tea market, commendably.

In the early eighties the management of Apeejay Surrendra Group took over the company in a bid to create one of the world's largest tea groups. Today, Apeejay Surrendra Group manages two companies, namely, Apeejay Tea Ltd, Empire & Singlo Tea Ltd., comprising of a bouquet of seventeen gardens sprawled across 55,186.25 acres and produces a crop of 25 million kgs. Each of the group's gardens are ISO 9002 compliant and adhere to stringent quality standards. Flourishing under the able guidance of the Groups' stewardship, production has almost doubled. 

Apeejay Tea Limited

• Talup Tea Estate

• Hilika Tea Estate

• Hokunguri Tea Estate

• Khobong Tea Estate

• Hapjan Tea Estate

• Budlabeta Tea Estate

• Kharjan Tea Estate

• Pengaree Tea Estate

• Budlapara Tea Estate
  

Empire & Singlo Tea Ltd.

• Borjuli Tea Estate

• Sessa M Tea Estate

• Dhulapadung Tea Estate

• Ghoirallie Tea Estate

• Suffry Tea Estate

• Napuk Tea Estate

• Muttrapore Tea Estate

• Jaboka Tea Estate

Groundbreaking innovations in the tea industry will soon be proudly encompassed under the aegis of the Apeejay Surrendra Group. The company plans to invest in and explore the needs of the modern tea consumer. Plans for the production of instant, decaffeinated and organic teas are in the pipeline.
Through improved field management, infilling, rejuvenation, interplanting, drainage, better plucking techniques and a host of other state-of-the-art innovations, the company plans to increase production by 10%. Clonal plantations of 1500 hectares have been implemented to facilitate increased production. The focal point of the company in the future is to increase the yield of Organic and environmental friendly teas. Apeejay Surrendra is aggressively forging ahead towards a 14001 certification in the near future.

The Company's future objectives could be summed up as given below:

- Improvement of the quality of tea through technological advancements
- Greater realisation of the domestic market through increased per capita consumption
- Augment exports through competitive pricing and superlative quality

The Apeejay Surrendra Group also takes its corporate responsibility seriously. In this era of rapid ecological depletion it is imperative for companies like these to restore the balance. To facilitate the process the Group encourages the planting of the Neem (Azadicatine) family as shade trees. The inherent insecticidinal qualities of these trees act as effective natural protection against mites and insects. This makes the need for harmful chemicals and artificial pesticides redundant.

In April 1995, The Apeejay Surrendra Group had made crucial five-year plans for its tea sector. These plans included a gamut of intentions, from humanitarian needs to the mechanisation of plants into state of art factories. Today those plans are no more fancies on paper. One of the largest factories in Assam is situated at the Hokunguri Tea Estate producing around 3 million kgs a year. Great emphasis is also being laid on the development of direct exports. Efforts have already established export links with UK, Germany, Iran, Pakistan and Russia. A tried and tested pioneer, the company plans to participate in the tea industry this century by endeavouring to attain perfection in quality tea making.