The journey
Eight stops between a field in India and a port or airport abroad. Scroll to follow the goods along the way.
Pepper spikes on the vine
01 · Soil
Pepper vines on the wet slopes of Wayanad and Kodagu. Turmeric in the red soils around Erode. Ponni rice in the Kaveri delta around Thanjavur. Each crop has a region it grows best in and a season when it is ready.
Where a crop comes from is the first thing worth asking about, so every product page lists the regions it is sourced from.
02 · Harvest
Pepper spikes are picked as the first berries on them turn red. Chillies are left on the plant to colour. Turmeric is lifted once its leaves dry back. Paddy is cut when the grain hardens, pulses when the pods dry, and onions once their tops fall over.
03 · Sun
Spread thin on drying yards, green pepper darkens and wrinkles over several days as the skin oxidises. Paddy, pulses and onions are dried and cured too. Drying brings moisture down far enough for the crop to keep through the journey.
04 · Sort
Stones, stalks and light berries come out. Seed spices are machine-cleaned or run through a sortex. Pepper is graded by density, cardamom by pod size, rice by grain length, pulses by size and onions by bulb diameter.
05 · Check
Buyers in different markets ask for different limits. Send the specification you buy to, and the quote is made against it, parameter by parameter.
Specification · what you can set
06 · Pack
PP woven or jute bags for spices, rice and pulses, cartons with liners for cardamom, mesh bags for onions. Bag weight, marking and labels follow your instructions, and private label is available on request.
07 · Container
Quote in kilograms, metric tonnes, bags, or a full 20 ft or 40 ft container by sea, or as air cargo for smaller and urgent lots. Tell us the port or airport it is going to and the incoterm you work with.
08 · Port
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By sea
Full 20 ft and 40 ft containers, for larger lots
By air
Air cargo, for samples, smaller lots and urgent orders
