Around 86 per cent of the offer at Sale No: 27 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association was sold with the average price rising marginally to ` 78.77 a kg from the last week’s ₹78.32

Homedale Estate’s Red Dust, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the entire auctions when J P Enterprises bought it for ₹259 a kg. This meant that this tea beat even the orthodox teas from corporates. Homedale Estate’s Super Red Dust tea, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, got ₹222.

In the CTC Leaf auctions, Homedale Estate’s Broken Pekoe tea, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped at ₹236.

Among orthodox teas, Kodanad topped at ₹241 a kg. Teas from all other factories fetched less than ₹200/kg.

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