March 30, 2022

In 2017, when childhood friends Sudarshan Deka and Surjya Prakash Borthakur set down to brainstorm on the unconventional ideas that could possibly disrupt the long standing tea manufacturing process, the discussion unanimously boiled down to devising an energy efficient tea processing mechanism. After several sketches, the duo arrived at an idea which had the potential to entirely eliminate the use of coal and LPG in tea manufacturing. Coal and LPG contribute significantly to the direct carbon emissions. Thus the foundation of Deroi Innovations was laid in 2017.

After spending months designing the technology and fabricating a production line along the philosophy of sustainability, the startup had set up a tea manufacturing unit in Guwahati in 2021. Currently, Deroi Innovations is processing single origin whole leaf green and black tea products under controlled pressure and temperature, with zero carbon emissions.

What’s more having realized the challenges faced by the small tea growers, the startup has consciously made it a point to procure raw materials exclusively from the small tea gardens. The tea line will soon be made available on Deroi’s online store as well as on Amazon.