Master tea taster
Punit Poddar
A professional tea taster for 17 years. In season he goes through around 1,500 cups a day. (Yes, a day. No, we don't know how either.) Nothing makes it into an Udyan pack without his nod.
Our Story
HOW IT ALL STARTED BREWING
Our family has been in the tea trade for more than sixty years, so you could say we grew up with a cup in hand. And that's exactly why something bothered us. India is one of the biggest tea producers in the world, yet most of the tea on its shelves was stale, dusty and forgettable. We ought to be drinking the best tea out there, no further questions asked.
So in 2013 we decided to step in and get the real par-tea started. Thirteen years later, we're still at it.
A FEW NUMBERS WE'RE PROUD OF
- 60+ years of family in tea
- 13 years as Udyan
- 130+ teas
- 25+ countries
- 6,700+ customer reviews
TEA AFICIONADOS THEN. TEA CRUSADERS NOW
The team behind Udyan all belong to the land of tea, which means we know what a good cup tastes like before it even reaches the lips.
Parvez Gupta
A seeker of the perfect cup of Darjeeling, and the behind-the-scenes guy who keeps everything running like a well-timed brew.
Soveet Gupta
On a never-ending hunt for new flavoured blends, and the person making sure your Udyan experience is a smooth one.
We still swap roles now and then. Keeps things brewing.
WE DON'T OWN A TEA GARDEN. AND THAT'S THE POINT.
A garden owner can only sell you what their garden grew that year, good season or bad. We're buyers, not growers, so we're never stuck with our own harvest.
Each season we pick the best lots from wherever they come — at the auction, directly from established estates, and from small growers in the high gardens of Darjeeling and Assam. We buy on our own Tea Board licence, so there are no traders in between.
BLENDED AND PACKED UNDER ONE ROOF
Every Udyan tea is blended and packed at our own facility in Siliguri, at the foot of the Darjeeling hills. That's 130+ teas across Darjeeling, Assam, greens, chai, herbal tisanes, wellness blends and iced teas.
One of them, our Ayurveda Tea, took Bronze at the Global Tea Championship in 2019. We're still a little smug about it.
SEALED WITH LOVE. AND FRESHNESS
We're hardcore tea drinkers ourselves, so we pack every tea the way we'd want to receive it. Each one is vacuum packed in three-layered aluminium packets, which keep out air and moisture. No stale leaf, no lost aroma — just tea that tastes the way it did the day it left us. (BTW, the picture above is a throwback to 2013 – a freshly vacuum-sealed pack in a very early packaging design prototype ☺️)
OUR CERTIFICATIONS
BEYOND YOUR CUP
We also blend and pack tea for brands, retailers, e-commerce startups, cafés and hotels across the world, including under their own labels. Planning a wedding or corporate gift? We do that too.