Dibrugarh, Assam
Rina Borah
Tea Plucker · 4 years with Kopahi
Rina has plucked tea on the same Brahmaputra-side estate for 19 years. Two leaves and a bud, before the dew lifts.
Grows forAssam Black Tea
The People Behind The Produce
Farmer StoriesOf North East India
Every Kopahi product is grown, picked, cured or woven by a real person with a real address. Here are some of them.
500+
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180+
Women Growers
7
States Covered
100%
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Meet Our Farmers
Stories from the field
Each portrait is a partnership — verified, paid weekly, and proud to be on the label.
Kohima, Nagaland
Khrieliezo Dawhuo
Chilli Farmer · 3 years with Kopahi
Khrieliezo grows Bhut Jolokia on terraced plots above 1,200m. He pickles, smokes and sun-dries each batch the way his grandmother taught him.
Grows forBhut Jolokia
Aizawl, Mizoram
Lalremruati Chhangte
Spice Cultivator · 2 years with Kopahi
Lalremruati's family has grown black cardamom in the Mizoram hills for four generations. She also runs a small cooperative for 22 women growers.
Grows forBlack Cardamom
Sivasagar, Assam
Bireswar Hazarika
Rice Farmer · 5 years with Kopahi
Bireswar grows the aromatic Joha rice on his 4-acre farm using his ancestral seed-bank. No hybrids, no pesticides — only patience and his grandfather's notes.
Grows forJoha Rice
Karbi Anglong, Assam
Pohor Phukan
Ginger Cooperative Lead · 3 years with Kopahi
Pohor coordinates 38 ginger growers from the Karbi Hills. He negotiates fair pricing, runs lab tests for quality, and makes sure every kg ships to Kopahi the day it's pulled.
Grows forKarbi Anglong Ginger
Sualkuchi, Assam
Phulmoni Devi
Muga Silk Weaver · 6 years with Kopahi
Phulmoni runs a single loom in her family home. One stole takes 8 days. The thread comes from her sister's sericulture farm 20 km away — fully traceable.
Grows forMuga Silk Stoles
Ukhrul, Manipur
Th. Ibemcha
Lemon Grower · 2 years with Kopahi
Ibemcha's Kachai lemon grove sits at the edge of the Shirui hills. Every fruit is hand-picked when fragrance peaks, never before.
Grows forKachai Lemon
Garo Hills, Meghalaya
Tonkho Marak
Pineapple Farmer · 1 year with Kopahi
Tonkho cultivates Queen pineapple on terraced slopes — the variety so sweet it earned Tripura its GI tag and now thrives in Garo soil too.
Grows forQueen Pineapple
How we pay
Zero middlemen. Weekly settlements.
Every farmer on the Kopahi network is paid directly into their bank or UPI within seven days of dispatch. Each payment is itemised, traceable, and visible on a private dashboard.
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