KAIRBETTA

Kairbetta Estates is one of the premium tea producers in the country. The plantation and factory are situated on the outskirts of Kotagiri town in the Nilgiri Hills of South India, at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level... Kairbetta Estates was the first Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM Tea Plantation in India. Since 2008 Kairbetta Estates has been a pioneer in the field of social, economic and environmental innovation to ensure holistic development of the plantation and its people... Col. G.A.R. Spain, a retired Royal Air Force Colonel and husband of Dorothy Susanne, the younger daughter of G.K.Martin, started to look after the property in the early 1920's after the death of his father-in-law in 1929. During his time managing the property, Kairbetta worked to modernize its machinery and field exercises. Col. G.A.R. Spain was a pioneer in certain agricultural practices, management systems and welfare programs that is still widely used in the industry.