MAKAIBARI'S NEW EXPERIENTIAL STORE IN KOLKATA IS DESIGNED TO EVOKE A TEA PLANTER'S BUNGALOW.

Smell the tea, feel the carpets, enjoy the space”—such is the invitation from Rudra Chatterjee, chairman of Obeetee and managing director of Luxmi Tea Group, at the launch of fine tea brand Makaibari’s experiential store in October, at the Taj Bengal in Kolkata.

- SRIDEVI NAMBIAR

The store is imagined as the interiors of a tea planter’s bungalow, seeking to evoke the sprawling estates of Makaibari—one of the first tea gardens to be planted in Darjeeling, established in 1859 but acquired by Luxmi Tea Group in 2014.