Assam specialty tea auctioned for Rs 99,999/kg
GUWAHATI: A kilo of Assam’s specialty orthodox tea from Manohari Tea Estate in Dibrugarh fetched a record price of Rs 99,999 at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) on Tuesday. Made from buds only and no leaves, the tea variety looks like crystals of 24 carat gold.
This tea was the most expensive variety sold in an auction in the country in 2018 when a kilo was sold for Rs 39,100.In less than a month, a kg of Golden Needles tea variety produced by the Donyi Polo Tea Estate in Arunachal Pradesh became the most costly after a kg of it fetched Rs 40,000. In 2019, Manohari Gold Tea came back to become even more expensive after it fetched Rs 50,000/kg at the auction.
This record was broken in 2019 by Maijan Orthodox Golden Tea, which had fetched Rs 70,501 for a kilo. Within a week in that year, a kilo of Dikom Tea Estate’s Golden Butterfly tea was sold for Rs 75,000 at the GTAC and remained at the top spot until Tuesday.
After the record breaking sale of the Gold Tea, Manohari Tea Estate owner Rajan Lohia told the media, “We always have been giving priority to quality tea without any compromise.”
He said this specialty tea has been made with small buds with finest clove P-126. The tea was sold to Saurav Tea Traders.
Assam, which produces roughly 55% of India’s tea, has more than 10 lakh tea workers in the organised sector working in about 850 big estates.
Besides, there are lakhs of small tea gardens owned by individuals.
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