“Manohari Gold”, a specialty tea from Assam, was sold at an all-time high record price of Rs 99,999 a kilogram at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre this week. This is the highest price for a tea variety auctioned in India.
The Manohari Tea Estate, that grows the tea in the estates of Assam's Dibrugarh, sold a kilogram to Sourabh Tea Traders.
The record price became a talking point on Twitter, especially among tea lovers.
Very much elated to share that continously for the 4th time in a row Manohari Gold Tea of Assam fetched the highest price ever ₹99,999/- per kg at GTAC.
This will regain the lost fame of Assam Tea if the quality is maintained like Manohari Tea Estate.@himantabiswa@PiyushGoyal pic.twitter.com/iErImE7Aki— Chandra Mohan Patowary (@cmpatowary) December 14, 2021
1kg of specialised Assam tea sells for ₹99,999 at Guwahati auction. Saurabh Tea Traders won the bid for specialised tea branded as Manohari Gold and produced by Manohari Tea Estate in Dibrugarh. There’s a very high demand for Manohari Gold tea and become popular worldwide. pic.twitter.com/s3avF5Yg9GRelated stories
— Nandan Pratim Sharma Bordoloi (@NANDANPRATIM) December 14, 2021
Usaly real takes so much time to grow like more than 5 years I think tea leaves is having more age greater age like 15 years that' why it got this much amount price— JUST DO IT (@justdoit9968) December 14, 2021
pic.twitter.com/v0PmcZzIVF— , (@sadanandtikare) December 15, 2021
GreatLooks like Manohari Gold Tea is worth it’s weight in gold
— Pallavi (@pallavict) December 14, 2021
Wow !! That’s an expensive cup of chai. https://t.co/NZbhx8mQ6B— Riz G (@ritesh_to) December 15, 2021
Chai peete hai ya pehente hai https://t.co/kuqDstXpEy— Veer Ballooon (@Bishwadata) December 14, 2021
“We manufacture the tea based on high demand from discerning consumers and connoisseurs for this type of premium quality specialty tea," the owner of Manohari Tea Estate, Rajan Lohia, was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
The bright yellow infusion has a soothing after-taste, and is known for several health benefits, he said. Manohari Gold Tea had sold for Rs. 50,000 per kilogram at the Guwahati tea auction in July 2019, which was the highest auction value at that time.
In 2018, a kilogram of the same tea was sold for Rs. 39,001.
The Manohari Gold Tea is cultivated from high-quality P-126 tea clones, is hand-picked early morning in the second flush season in May and June, is very delicate and has a subtle aroma.
(With inputs from PTI)
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