Foxtail Millet (Thina)

Setaria italica

₹ 169 / 500g

PROVENANCE LEDGER ATP-FXM-001

FIRST HANDS Devi

DIRECT PRICE PAID ₹552/kg (60% above local rate)

TERROIR & ELEVATION Attappady (500–1,200m)

GEO-COORDINATES 11°06′N, 76°39′E

METHOD & PURITY Cut at the stalk. Dried in the bundle. The chaff leaves on its own.

Sensory & Chemical Profile

AROMA

Warm, mildly sweet corn-like aroma

FLAVOR

Nutty, slightly sweet, robust texture

"Thina grows before the hill tires of raining. The Muduga plant it alongside everything else — it doesn't take more than it needs from the soil. This batch came from a season that had enough water but not too much."