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Press Trust of India
A tea variety from Arunachal Pradesh has fetched a world record price of ₹40,000 per kg at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre here breaking the record of an Assam tea variety auctioned last month.
A 1.1 kg lot of Golden Needles tea variety of Donyi Polo tea estate in Arunachal Pradesh sold at ₹40,000 per kg yesterday, said a statement by Dinesh Bihani, Secretary of the Guwahati Tea Auction Buyers Association.
The tea variety was sold to Assam Tea Traders, which is one of the oldest tea shops in Guwahati.
In July, an Assam tea variety was sold at ₹39,001 per kg at an auction here.
“These types of speciality teas are attracting more and more buyers and producers to come together and use the GTAC platform. We hope that these speciality teas will make us achieve our past glory in the world map,” Bihani said.
Assam Tea Traders Lalit Kumar Jalan was quoted as saying in the statement, “There is a rising demand for good tea and we are selling specialty tea regularly. Golden Needles will be sold through an online platform, Absolutetea.in.”
The Golden Needles variety of tea has small buds which are carefully plucked and the leaves, which have a coating of golden colour, are soft and velvety.
The liquor of this special tea is bright golden in colour, sweet to taste and has a rich aroma, Bihani said.
The manager of Donyi Polo tea estate, Manoj Kumar said, they made a lot of efforts to make this tea and earlier their Silver Needles white tea had fetched ₹17,001 per kg.
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