Single-estate Singpho orthodox tea unit

This keeps the existing Singpho-tea idea, which is already sharp. It builds on the district's tea growing belt atom — the Singpho and Khampti communities grew tea in these foothills long before British plantations — and captures the tea gap, turning green leaf into made, branded orthodox tea instead of selling raw leaf to distant factories. The unit (orthodox plus green, modest daily throughput) processes locally-sourced high-altitude leaf with genuine floral character into single-estate tea for specialty D2C and emerging Asian export buyers who pay for provenance. Buyers are specialty-tea retailers, single-origin subscription brands, and boutique importers. The honest constraints, reflected in the higher risk score: orthodox processing is a demanding skill quite distinct from CTC (withering, rolling, and oxidation discipline make or break the cup); securing leaf at fixed prices through harvest from small growers; and the fact that the whole premium rests on storytelling — the Singpho origin narrative is the wedge, and brand-building from a remote district is slow. Break-even is realistically several years out. Start with a flagship orthodox grade tied tightly to the Singpho story.