Assam Tea
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India's tea production rises by 12.06 per cent to 182.84 million kg in October 2023
Business | Dec 02, 2023, 02:23 PM ISTBusiness 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.
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Rare Assam tea sells for ₹ 75,000 per kg at auction
India | Oct 30, 2020, 11:12 PM ISTAmidst 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.
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In a new record, tea sold for Rs 75,000 per kg at Guwahati Tea auction Centre
India | Aug 13, 2019, 12:24 PM ISTGTAC 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.
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Assam tea growers start No Sickles campaign for tea quality across state
India | Jul 04, 2019, 09:34 AM ISTAlthough 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.
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NASA's soil mission to rejuvenate classic Assam tea
India | Aug 10, 2015, 02:56 PM ISTNew 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
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Assam tea world famous, not NaMo Chai: Gogoi
India | Mar 12, 2014, 05:12 PM ISTGuwahati: 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