Three generations of green gold from the Western Ghats.
How It Began
It started with one man, one estate, and one stubborn belief Kerala cardamom is the best in the world.
In 1972, our grandfather
bought 12 acres of forested land in the Kumily hills, cleared a single patch, and planted his first cardamom seedlings. He had no buyers, no machinery, and no name in the trade — only the soil, the shade trees, and the monsoon.
For the first decade he sold every kilo at the local Kumily auction. By the late 1980s, his sons had joined the business and the family began packing for traders shipping to the Gulf back when cardamom from Idukki was already the most prized green pod in the souks of Dubai and Riyadh.
In 1998, we registered as a direct exporter. Today the third generation runs the floor but the original 12-acre estate above Kumily still produces, and we still grade by hand before any machine touches a pod.
A legacy measured in harvests.
Every milestone below was earned one cardamom season at a time.
1984
The first estate
Mathew Joseph plants the first cardamom seedlings on 12 acres above Kumily.
1992
Sons join the business
Second generation enters the family trade, expanding partner farms across Idukki.
1998
First Gulf shipment
Indirect supply begins flowing to Dubai-based importers through a Cochin trader.
2008
Registered exporter
We obtain our own Spices Board registration and IEC code — direct exports begin.
The Cardamom Hills
Where the air smells like our product.
The Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats known locally as
0 are the only place on earth where green cardamom develops the depth of aroma our buyers demand. The shade canopy of rosewood and silver oak, the wet southwest monsoon, and the volcanic soil all converge here.
Our estates and partner farms sit between 800 and 1,400 metres above sea level the elevation band where the volatile oil content
peaks. Pods are still picked by hand, four to five times per season, only when fully formed and just before splitting.
