Business news: Assam, the country's largest tea-producing state, also registered a higher crop at 104.26 million kg in October 2023. According to the data, the state produced 90.72 million kg of tea in October 2022.
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) on Thursday sold a Speciality Tea at a record price of Rs 75,000 per kg, the highest this year, an official said.
GTAC Secretary Dinesh Bihani said that the tea was bought by one of the oldest tea shops in Guwahati M/s Assam Tea Traders for their customers. They have bought a lot of speciality tea in the past auctions at record prices.
Although Assam tea is known worldwide for its quality due to hand plucking of 'two leaves and a bud', some of the gardens have resorted to harvesting tea leaves with sickles (which is popularly known as kasi) affecting the quality of the tea.
New Delhi:The internationally known Assam tea has got a saviour from space NASA's soil mission that will rejuvenate the tea industry that is currently facing many hurdles including climate change.NASA launched in January this year
Guwahati: Taking a dig at ‘NaMo Chai', Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said branding tea in the name of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was an insult to world famous Assam tea and the
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