House of Amranth

Our Process

How a lot becomes a tin.

Two disciplines stand behind every tin: the Selection, by which the house chooses a single lot across the gardens of Darjeeling — and the orthodox craft that makes it.

The Selection

How a lot earns the tin.

  1. 01

    Taste the appellation

    Across the gardens of Darjeeling, season after season, until one lot stands apart.

  2. 02

    Choose the lot

    A single estate's single harvest — the one that most deserves the house's name.

  3. 03

    Name & date

    Its garden, elevation and harvest, set down on the side label — never invented, always real.

  4. 04

    Number & seal

    A box serial, so the tin in your hand traces back to the exact lot it came from.

The Craft

Tea made the slow way, leaf by whole leaf.

Orthodox tea is rolled, not torn. Where CTC tea is cut for strength and speed, orthodox craft keeps the leaf intact — preserving the delicate oils, aromatics and nuance that let each garden and each season speak for themselves.

  1. 01

    Plucking

    Two leaves and a bud, hand-picked at first light from high Himalayan bushes.

  2. 02

    Withering

    Moisture is drawn out over long hours, softening the leaf and concentrating flavour.

  3. 03

    Rolling

    The defining orthodox step — leaves are traditionally rolled to release their juices, whole.

  4. 04

    Oxidation

    Carefully timed exposure builds the character — from delicate green to deep amber.

  5. 05

    Firing

    A final gentle dry locks in aroma, before sorting and grading to FTGFOP1 and above.

The whole leaf keeps the whole story.

A crushed leaf gives everything at once — fast colour, flat strength, and nothing on the second steep. A whole leaf unfurls. It releases its oils slowly, holds the garden’s aromatics intact, and rewards patience with a second and third infusion, each different from the first. That is why we grade only to FTGFOP1 and above, and why every tea in the collection is orthodox without exception.

We celebrate the estates and the craft — the pluckers, the makers, the gardens — as the authors of every lot. We name the garden on every tin. We do not put a stranger’s face to a cup we did not make; when we can honour a maker by name, with their leave, we will.

And once it reaches your table — how the house pours each cup.

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