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With over 150 Hectares in active production the plantation yields an industry leading average of over 4000 Kgs per hectare! Highly trained hand pickers move from bush to bush selecting only the tenderest leaves in a manner that is far superior to the best mechanized system in the rest of the developed world!

The Kelagur Mathias Plantation is unique from other producers in a host of ways:
Blending is done in the fields and not in different factories as is done by most other tea blenders. Seeds for different blends are sourced from Assam in Northern India and strategically planted in selected acreage to maximize superior blend quality at the time of plucking.
The location boasts the highest field elevations in the state of Karnataka. This provides ideal growing conditions such as higher humidity and ideal temperatures. To further enhance the quality of our tea product; the tea was planted in virgin soil.
Sourced naturally from the Kelagur Hills, pure spring water is harvested and sprinkled over the plants. The natural mineral content of this water enhances the flavor profile of our tea.
Cloning is done on site resulting in superior strains providing higher yields, maximum disease resistance, and key flavor attributes.
Because our leaves are hand plucked they have the ability to selectively pluck only the topmost tender leaves. This is rarely achieved with mechanized harvesting. The selection of only the most tender leaves, ensure maximum polyphenols content which in turn delivers the desired key tea qualities; Briskness, Brightness, Color and Strength.

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Freshly hand plucked tender leaves are immediately transferred from the fields to the Kelagur Tea Factory. The withering process is distinct from other processors. In order to achieve maximum sealing of polyphenols which contain key flavor attributes withering must be consistent to all layers of leaves. We have 5100 square ft of withering area allowing a maximum of 1.5 Kg of withering per square ft compared to 4 to 5 Kg per square ft of withering by other tea manufacturers.

We utilize the latest technology in cutting with two banks of CTC Machines providing higher volumes of throughput.

During fermentation process the polyphenols are oxidized and the main tea flavor aroma characters of Theaflavin (TF), Thearubigin (TR) and High Polymerised Substances are formed. Even though floor fermentation is more labour intensive, this is the preferred method due to stringent quality goals. In floor fermentation 95% of particles are fermented whereas in the drum and Googie processes far less particle fermentation occurs.

To ensure even drying we utilize two of the latest Fluid bed driers wherein fermentation is correctly arrested to ensure TF is at the highest and TF/TR ratio (1:10) is maintained to preserve the five key tea character attributes of flavor, Briskness, Strength, Brightness and color.

Finally because of selective hand plucking which is unique to only a very few companies they can provide Non Reconditioned Tea (NRC). Reconditioning greatly reduces the tea characteristics whereas NRC ensures that Kelagur Tea delivers the optimum characteristics!
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