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{{short description|Indian consumer products company}}
{{COI|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company
| logo = 
| logo_caption = 
| image = Views around Munnar, Kerala (102).jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption = Madupatty Factory
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2005|04|01|df=yes}}
| location = [[Idukki district|Idukki]], [[Kerala]], India
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Percy T. Siganporia<br>{{small|(Chairman)}}|K. Mathew Abraham<br>{{small|(MD & CEO)}}}}
| num_employees = 12000+ (2020)<ref name="KDHP Company Records"/>
| industry = [[Food Industry]]
| products = Tea, coffee, spices, aromatics
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.kdhptea.com/}}
}}

'''Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Private Limited''', abbreviated as '''KDHP''', is a privately owned Indian consumer goods and tea plantation company headquartered in [[Kerala]] in the [[Idukki district]].<ref name="KDHP Website"/> The company was formed in 2005 after the exit of Tata Tea from its plantations in [[Munnar]]. Tata Tea Ltd restructured and transferred its holdings to the Kanan Devan Hills village<ref name="KDHP Formation"/> under participatory management.<ref name="Participatory Management"/>

The company retails its products under the RippleTea brand name.<ref name="Ripple tea Website"/> RippleTea products include a variety of teas, essential oils and aromatic products, incense sticks and coffee.

== Branded operations ==
In the year 2010, while primarily being a B2B player, KDHP launched its consumer brand Ripple Tea for distribution in retail outlets across [[Munnar]] [[Kerala]]<ref name="Ripple Brand"/>

== Ecommerce operations ==
In 2015, Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Private Limited launched its e-commerce portal for distribution across India. In 2020, KDHP re-launched an independent e-comm portal for Ripple Tea.

== Retail outlet operations ==
The company ventured into branded retail outlets in 2018 with the launch of three Chai Bazar Outlets in Munnar.<ref name="Chai Bazaar Launch"/> These were further expanded in 2019 under the franchise model with the opening of an outlet in [[Kumily]] [[Kerala]]<ref name="Chai Bazaar Launch-2"/>

== Environmental record ==
KDHP took a step forward towards sustainably grown teas in 2014, by getting certified by Rainforest Alliance.<ref name="KDHP Rainforest Alliance"/><ref name="KDHP Rainforest Alliance-2"/> The company has [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] Organic certification for 300 acres of its plantations at Top Station and Fairtrade certification at Chundavurrai estate since 2009. [[KDHP Tea Museum|KDHP]] estates and factories obtained Trustea certification in 2014.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Le musée du thé (Munnar, Inde) (13694719014).jpg|Tea Museum in Munnar town
File:Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company-WUS07161.jpg|Kannimallay Factory in Munnar town
</gallery>

==References==
<references>

<ref name="KDHP Website" >{{cite web |title=KDHP |url=https://www.kdhptea.com/ |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

.<ref name="Participatory Management">{{cite web |title=KDHP - Participatory Management |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/kanan-devan-the-first-tea-plantation-company-to-be-majority-owned-by-workforce-employee-stakeholders-launch-their-biggest-agitation/articleshow/49875133.cms |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Ripple tea Website">{{cite web |title=Ripple Tea |url=https://www.rippletea.com/ |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Chai Bazaar Launch">{{cite web |title=Chai Bazaar Launch |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/kanan-devan-bets-big-on-its-ripple-tea-chai-bazar-retail-store/article27412015.ece |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Chai Bazaar Launch-2">{{cite web |title=Chai Bazaar Launch - 2 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/kdhp-bets-big-on-ripple-tea-chai-bazaar-to-improve-margins/1598259/ |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="KDHP Rainforest Alliance">{{cite web |title=KDHP - Rainforest Alliance |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/kerala-s-kanan-devan-hills-plantations-gets-coveted-rainforest-alliance-certification-114040200248_1.html |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="KDHP Rainforest Alliance-2">{{cite web |title=KDHP - Rainforest Alliance -2 |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/kanan-devan-to-bring-3000-growers-under-ambit-of-rainforest-alliance/article23110570.ece |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

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<ref name="KDHP Company Records">{{cite web |title=KDHP Company Records |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/1755b4c7-edef-378a-af88-78741d892fdc |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="KDHP Formation">{{cite web |title=KDHP formation |url=http://www.businessworld.in/article/A-Cuppa-That-Cheers/08-11-2014-53166/ |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

.<ref name="Ripple Brand">{{cite web |title=Ripple Tea Launch |url=http://www.retail4growth.com/viewpoints/ripple-tea-brewing-a-strong-retail-flavour-544 |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

</references>

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.kdhptea.com/}}

[[Category:Indian companies established in 2015]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 2015]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kerala]]