Munnar Valley Tea Industries Private Limited

Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company (KDHP), the first and the largest participatory management company in India with more than 12500 employees as shareholders took over the majority of tea plantations in Munnar from Tata Tea Limited, w.e.f. April 1st, 2005. KDHP ventures into a diversification project under Kundaly Nature Extracts, with the aim of becoming an agri-corporate. KNE was started with the intention of cultivating medicinal and aromatic plants and extraction of oils, and subsequently the scope of operations included production of concretes and absolutes of floral crops such as Rose Damascena, Acacia Decurrens, Tube Rose, Jasmine Sambac, etc. While primarily being a B2B player, KDHP launches its consumer brand Ripple Tea for distribution in retail outlets across Munnar. Ripple Tea simultaneously expands to retail distribution across Kerala. KDHP takes a big step forward towards sustainably grown teas by getting certified by Rainforest Alliance. This is in addition to the USDA Organic certification for 300 acres of its plantations at Top Station and Fairtrade certification (Chundavurrai estate) since 2009. KDHP Teas obtain Trustea cerification in 2014. With Ripple Tea’s success in Kerala, Ripple Tea goes national with the launch of its e-comm portal www.shop.kdhptea.com for distribution across 2018 Ripple Tea ventures into branded retail outlets with the launch of 3 ChaiBazaar outlets across Munnar. 17 factories and packaging units of KDHP gain FSSC 22000 and/or ISO 22000 certification. KDHP takes a stride further in its branded retail outlet venture through a franchise model for its ChaiBazaar stores and opens an outlet in Kumily (Kerala, India) Ripple Tea wins big at the Global Tea Championship 2019 Fall Hot Loose Leaf Tea Competition held at Boulder, Colorado, USA. KDHP’s Ripple White Tea bagged the Silver Medal and was ranked No 1 in the Loose / White tea category. KDHP re-launches an independent e-comm portal for Ripple Tea under www.rippletea.com