Coffee/tea in Idukki

The Tropical Plantations Ltd was founded in 1919 with the primary objective of acquiring Periyar Est... ate and developing it. Company records show that Connemara teas were regularly sent to the London tea auctions till 1939. In fact, old Balance Sheets of the Company bear testimony to the fact that we incurred losses during the Second World War when teas sent to London were either destroyed or not paid for, due to difficulties imposed by the War. The Connemara Tea Factory in Vandiperiyar was renovated and rebuilt in 1945. Until 1970, the Company was making Orthodox teas after which the proc+ More

Carrying forward a lineage that dates back over 136 years to the British Colonial Raj era, the Kanan... Devan Hills Plantations Company Private Limited (KDHP) succeeded Tata Tea Limited on 1st April, 2005, when the latter exited most of its plantations in Munnar to focus on the growth of its branded tea business. During the year 2004-2005, owing to the general crisis prevalent in the tea industry at the time, Tata Tea Ltd restructured and came up with a proposal to transfer its holdings in the Kanan Devan Hills Village. This was done as part of a restructuring exercise evolved through a detailed + More