Surma Tea Estate ranks amongst some of the largest privately owned tea estates in the world, producing over a million kilograms of tea in a vast 4,700 acre property. Surma has always been the oak whose century-old canopy provided shelter to generations in this intricately-knitted family and thus allowed them to exercise and refine their understanding of the trade, in addition to strengthening the
ardent love for producing fine tea. It is an emotional affair marked with great reverence for a gentle, humble, and a philanthropist of a human being who once lived by the name of Khan Bahadur Nawab Musharraf Hussain. Nawab Musharraf Hussain of Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) was a lawyer and a politician by profession, but his true passion lay deep in the ground, intertwined with the roots of the camellia sinensis plant. His life-long love affair with tea commenced in 1899 as he went on establishing and acquiring various tea gardens. Upon espying a choice piece of virgin land, the young man would scoop a handful of earth, bury his nose in it, inhale deeply and pronounce, “good, we will plant,” or “rubbish, move on.”
The torch initially ignited by Nawab Musharraf Hussain is kept alit to this day. Five successive generations have had the privilege of becoming a part of the odyssey; an odyssey that keeps prolonging with every generation. We solemnly promise to uphold Nawab Musharaf Hussain's values with the same fervour for as long as we, his heirs, govern the lands of blessed Surma.
