Cinnamora Tea Estate

Cinnamora Tea Estate is located at Cinnamora near Jorhat city in Jorhat district, Assam. Established in 1850, it is recognized as the first tea estate in Assam and the first to cultivate tea on a commercial scale in the Brahmaputra Valley. Spread over extensive flat plantation land, it is notable for its historic role in pioneering Assam's tea industry and remains an active tea-producing estate.

Visitors can expect vast stretches of neatly planted tea bushes, shade trees, workers' quarters and factory buildings set in a flat rural landscape about 10 km from Jorhat town. The estate offers views of tea plucking and processing activities when in season, opportunities for guided walks through the plantation, photography of the green fields, and interaction with the tea estate environment. Visits are typically by prior permission and are focused on sightseeing and learning about tea cultivation.

Cinnamora Tea Estate was established in 1850 by Maniram Dutta Baruah (Maniram Dewan) and is documented as the first tea estate in Assam. It marked the beginning of organized commercial tea cultivation in Assam after the discovery of wild tea plants in the region. The estate was later taken over during the colonial period and played a foundational role in establishing Jorhat as a centre of the Assam tea industry.

The estate is culturally significant as the birthplace of Assam's tea industry, which has shaped the economy, landscape and identity of Assam. It represents the heritage of tea cultivation, plantation community life and Assam tea culture that is central to the region's social and economic history.