GUWAHATI: Golden Needles Tea from Donyipolo Tea Estate in East Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, was bought by Assam Tea Traders, a city-based buyer for Rs.40,000 per kg.
The leaves are carefully plucked, and have a velvety golden coat. This tea produces a bright Golden Brew which has a smooth and sweet taste.
Manoj Kumar, Senior Manager, Siang Tea, and Industries reckons that this lot was better than his previous attempts and such tea can be made only when natural forces align with precise tea making skills.
“The price achieved for the tea is not something new for the estate, which has been in the news for producing some superb speciality tea, recently its Silver Needles White Tea had fetched Rs. 17001 per kg price at GTAC”, informs Swashat Dutta of Contemporary Brokers (P) Ltd, who has been associated with the sales of many such lots of speciality tea in the past.
“The trend of Speciality Tea being sold at good prices in the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre has not gone unnoticed, buyers have been waking up to the fabulous tea being produced in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. We have been dealing in such tea, even before it achieved such prices in the auctions” says Lalit Kumar Jalan, the owner at Assam Tea Traders, Guwahati.
