Ever since its foundation in 1839, Assam Co. has been leading tea production in India, creating a rich heritage that we take much pride in.

We were the first tea plantation company in the world, the first to establish tea estates, and the first to ever brand and export Indian tea to the world. In 1845, Assam Co. was awarded the Royal Charter by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Queen of England and Empress of India at the time. And we take pride in that one of our founding directors was Prince Dwarkanath Tagore, grandfather of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Upholding our pioneering role as industry leaders, we havecontributed greatly to picking up the tea production industry, one tea leaf at a time.

Our innovative contributions started as early as 1839, when we ordered the first piece of machinery to ever enter the province of Assam. It was a bench saw machine with a steam engine and a boiler to drive it. It cost £700 back then, roughly equal to £50,000 pounds in today’s value .