Darjeeling tea sellers, from small estate labels to tea shops in Darjeeling town and Siliguri, need good-looking boxes and caddies in small batches. A workshop in Siliguri can make them in the short runs small sellers can afford.
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This workshop makes gift boxes, board tea caddies and printed sleeves for tea tins, using strong board and handmade paper. Boxes are cut, creased, pasted and fitted with food-safe inner bags, in runs of a few hundred.
Darjeeling tea is the district's official 'one district, one product' pick and carries a GI tag (a legal mark that only tea from its registered estates may use the name), which makes it a popular gift. Much of it still leaves the estates as bulk leaf, and every estate or small seller that wants to sell under its own label needs good packs. Tea shops in Darjeeling town and Siliguri sell gift packs to visitors, and Siliguri's tea auction brings buyers and packers to the city. Big packaging printers usually want large minimum orders, which small sellers cannot use.
You need box-cutting and creasing dies, a small cutting press, a gluing table, and a designer who can work with sellers on their look. Food-safe liners are a must, since tea picks up smells. The hard part is price: big printers are cheaper per box on large orders, so your edge is small runs, quick changes and neat finishing.
Visit tea shops, estate outlets and small tea brands with samples, and offer festival and wedding gift boxes to Siliguri businesses.
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