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Green teas top at the coonoor tea auctions
February 15, 2021
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Two grades of green tea topped the auctions of Sale No 6 of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association.
“The ‘super fine’ Green Tea grade of Pascoes Woodlands topped the entire auctions when BR Tea Co bought it for ₹321 a kg”, Ravichandran Broos, General Manager, Paramount Tea Marketing P Ltd told
BusinessLine
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“The ‘MONGRA’ Grade Green tea of Pascoes Woodlands came next when Jai Tulsi Enterprises bought it for ₹296 a kg”, he said.
Among orthodox teas, Kodanad got ₹263, Havukal ₹261, Kairbetta ₹250, Glendale ₹232, Nonsuch Orthodox ₹226, Kil Kotagiri ₹223, Narikkal Estate ₹215, Devashola ₹205 and Mailoor ₹200.
Among other CTC teas, Pinewood Estate got ₹265, Crosshill Estate Special ₹256, Riverside Estate ₹221, Hittakkal Estate ₹219, Bellatti Estate ₹216, Shanthi Supreme ₹215, Homedale Premium ₹206, Kannavarai Estate ₹202, Selva Ganapathy Premium and Navilkal Estate �
Nearly 71% tea sold at coonoor auctions
January 18, 2021
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A new price record was set up by the bought leaf Factory, Homedale Tea Factory, at Sale No: 2 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association.
“Our Red Dust grade, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers (GTB), topped the entire auctions when Badhusha Tea Co., bought it for ₹ 383 a kg”, Raman A Menon, Homedale’s Managing Partner told
BusinessLine.
“Consequently, we have broken our last week’s price record of ₹ 381. This is a new record as it is the highest price fetched by any of our teas since manufacturing started in our factory 72 years ago”, he said.