Every single-batch botanical has a story: the soil, the elevation, the plucking rituals, and the multigenerational artisans behind it.
Spring Harvest 2026
Deep within the sacred reserve of Dzongu, beneath the shadow of Kanchenjunga’s glacier crests, the Lepcha people practice one of the most sophisticated indigenous...
Autumn 2025
To understand the King Chilli, you must sit by a Naga hearth when the autumn mist wraps around the mountain ridge of Mokokchung. Bhoot...
Winter Harvest 2025/26
Drive east from Shillong past pine ridges and deep gorges, and you reach the isolated enclave of Lakadong. For reasons agronomists are still studying,...
Summer Flush 2026
The Brahmaputra River carries millions of tonnes of mineral silt down from the Tibetan plateau every monsoon, depositing rich fertile mud along its banks....
Spring Harvest 2026
When the moon rises over the Golaghat forest boundary, the air turns cool and heavy with river mist. Inside Dhiren’s open timber curing pavilion,...
Golaghat, Assam
🔍 Darkroom
Dawn mist rolling over the ancient seed-grown tea bushes. Dhiren checking the first unfurling two-leaves-and-a-bud.
October Harvest Expedition
Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya
🔍 Darkroom
Curing heirloom Lakadong rhizomes in stone earthen pots. Tested at an exceptional 8.4% natural curcumin potency.
Batch #03 Terroir
Mokokchung, Nagaland
🔍 Darkroom
Smoked King Chillies strung on wild cane racks over slow oak and wild bamboo coals. Intense heat with sweet resin undertones.
Smokehouse Ritual
The Roastery, Cardiff
🔍 Darkroom
Hand-stamping each batch tin in our Cardiff studio. Numbered allocations ready for dispatch across the UK.
Cardiff Dispatch