We buy once a year, from people we can name.

1,100

farming families across Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand

3–5×

the standard mandi rate, paid at the farm gate

5,300 ft

average altitude of the orchards we buy from

Step one · September

Shaken from the tree

Step two · October

Sun-dried on the orchard floor

Step three · October

Cracked and hand-sorted

Step four · November

Sealed, dated, dispatched