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Assam Company was the first Tea company in Assam. In 1823, Robert Bruce discovered tea in Assam. The Assam Company was formed in 1839, to cultivate tea in Assam, India. It was the first tea company in India. In fact, Assam Company was the worldâs first privately owned Tea Company.
Gilman also built a nationwide mail order business. By 1866, the firm was valued at more than $1 million. In 1869, the transcontinental railroad was completed; Gilman created a parallel company, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, to promote the then-new concept of prepackaged tea under the Thea-Nector name.