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Passed through Generations – In 1990, our father, Mr. U Aik Kaung built Shwe Pyi Oo factory. Shwe Pyi Oo means “the early harvest of the tea season”.

The factory is on the outskirts of Hukhin village in Namhsan’s Zayan region, on the mountain slopes. In the rainy season, it is totally submerged by clouds. A small river flows close to the factory. When it is quiet, you can hear the gentle sounds of the river throughout the day.

We were in primary school in 1990 when our father built the factory. By foot it took us (four siblings – three brothers and one sister) five hours to walk to the factory, or we rode a horse. The factory was powered by a traditional wooden water wheel made by our uncle, U Hlaing.

At the start, the factory produced fermented tea and orthodox black tea. In 2015, Shwe Pyi Oo was upgraded to only produce fermented tea. It was our older brother Nelson’s idea

The Shwe Pyi Oo Fermented Tea Factory was refurbished and opened in 2015 to produce picked tea, updating the traditional fermentation method with technology. This marked a new era of company innovation. Much of our standardised pickled tea was exported to the United States in 2016.

With the help of Control Union, our factory is HACCP certified and our tea is perfectly edible.Our teas are grown high in the clouds, bringing many different tastes from white, red, green, pu’er and black. Over time, we have grown, producing different types of teas, and we are still growing every day.

Shwe Panlaw Manufacturing Company was founded in 2010 to improve the livelihood of Ta’ang tea farmers and producers. We are a Ta’ang family who have been in the tea business for generations. Shwe means “gold” and Panlaw is the name of our childhood village.

Our Mijphayar brand was founded in 2012. It comes from the word “queen’s consort”. Like the queen consort, tea serves many roles. It demands devotion to duty, meeting customer’s needs, and being reliable.

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Our location is strategic, we can truck tea direct to Thailand from Shan State border at Tachileik near Chaing Rai in northern Thailand. This is the nation’s primary tea growing area. Here, factories are keen to blend different terroirs.

We process the leaves differently so people can experience different flavours and colours from the terroir. In international markets, there is high demand for green and red tea.

We produce around 100 tons a year, 10 tons per month year-round, making it possible for us to satisfy different market streams.

We are proud to sell our tea online, and specialty and commercial tea grades at cafes, supermarkets, local networks, and export markets.