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Nearly 84 per cent of the offer at Sale 20 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) was sold with the average price dropping marginally to ₹94.21 a kg from ₹94.84 fetched in previous Sale.
Homedale Estate’s Pekoe Dust grade, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the entire auctions when Shree Abirami Enterprises (SAE) bought it for ₹283 a kg.
“We bought this for the discerning tea connoisseurs in The Nilgiris district who prefer to enjoy this grade’s unique flavour and taste,” SAE’s Proprietor G Thiagarajan, a senior buyer with CTTA for 46 years, told BusinessLine .
“This is a premium grade and before the disruption of the auctions due to the lockdown, we had bought this grade for ₹307 a kg. There is increased demand for this tea which also fetches repeat orders,” he disclosed.
Homedale Estate’s Red Dust grade, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, followed at ₹260.
Homedale Estate’s Super Red Dust grade, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, fetched ₹250.
Among orthodox teas, Kairbetta topped at ₹252 followed by Kodanad ₹240, Chamraj ₹219 and Havukal ₹205.
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