Which brand of high-end black tea tastes better in Assam? Where can I buy high-quality tea house tea?

Long before the outbreak of COVID-19, folk tea was committed to sustainable development and bridging the gap between consumers and producers. What prompted co-founder Bidisha to learn more about Assam's tea culture was that "because of our ignorance in the whole process, high-end tea was never delivered to Assam's working or middle-class homes." On the website, co-founder Subhasish revealed: "if I had asked and tried to learn more about tea when I was a child, I would have received more education about tea." Later, in your life outside Assam, you all became interested in tea. How did you learn Assam tea? How do you allow yourself to learn more every year? Subhasish: we first came into contact with Assam Tea in 2017, when my brother Debasish was making a documentary about Assam's small tea farmers. During filming and recording, we met many growers in the area. Bidisha and I started talking to small farmers, and we knew some of them even before we started growing tea. We know they are our friends, but we have never contacted them as growers or craftsmen. We knew they were making tea, but we never discussed the tea itself. Then we began to talk about it more and more. We read the research papers from different regions (mainly from China, Japan and Assam), so we began to understand the exact types and varieties of white tea, oolong tea and so on. We learned about using black tea to make white tea and green tea to make oolong tea, and talked to the growers. Most of the tea gardens we work with have a history of 30 to 40 years. Growers get seeds and branches from government centers and plant them; they don't know which variety it is when they plant it. Growers themselves don't know what's wrong with their tea unless they know the right variety. So together with the growers, we began to experiment with different varieties of tea.

We can proudly say that our understanding of tea is because of these small tea farmers. This is not a journal or reader (although it helps to learn a lot, especially from the Assam Tea Institute), but to understand real tea and the real challenge, the real science behind tea is farmers. One of the things they get into trouble is the technological process, so in order to get the desired results-- such as the variation we got with the five dragons-- these papers help us merge and deal with it. Can you tell us that you are committed to raising people's awareness of the small tea garden? Subhasish: transparency is very important to maintain trust. I grew up in Assam and was educated in the government. Whenever I travel from the government to Assam, I will see many tea gardens-the Great Manor. The highway cut off the manor in the middle, and I found a big disconnect between people's understanding of tea and the actual situation. When I tried to compare large tea gardens and small farmers in terms of cultural integrity, small farmers actively played the role of promoters, creating a sense of artisanal tea and even bringing high-quality tea from small villages in Assam. In addition, there are many leaf factories purchased in parts of Assam. They buy tea from many small tea farmers, but never try to establish social and cultural ties with tea farmers. If they respect the emotion behind the tea, the product will be very different. They may be the bridge between the two. They could have linked locals to big companies, but the bridge was loosely built and was sent to a larger estate rather than to farmers. Now, it is so big that unless someone comes forward to join the movement, it is impossible to build a bridge with our hands. Cultural and educational exchanges between peasants and landlords have never happened. The legacy of British rule and "people have nothing to do with tea" is a great disconnect from society. This hinders the cultural evolution of tea in Assam society.