Speciality tea "Manohari Gold Tea" from Assam auctioned for Rs 1.15 lakh per kg
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Guwahati: The owner of the tea estate reported that a speciality tea from the Dibrugarh district of Assam sold for Rs 1.15 lakh per kg at a private auction on Friday.
According to Rajan Lohia of Manohari Tea Estate, "Manohari Gold Tea" brought in the winning bid during an auction on the exclusive website Tea Inntech.
"Due to the cap of Rs 1 lakh per kg set by the Tea Board India at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC), we had to sell this batch through a private auction this year," Lohia said.
This is the highest price fetched for tea at such auctions anywhere, he claimed.
One kilogramme of the speciality tea was bought by RK Tea Sales, he said.
Tea from the Manohari brand, especially it's gold variety, had been fetching high prices at the GTAC over the years, setting new records in the process.
Manohari Gold had sold for Rs 99,999 per kg through GTAC in December 2021, which was matched by 'Golden Pearl' of AFT Techno Trade which also went under the hammer at the same auction house in February this year.
This high price was surpassed by a rupee when Pabhojan Gold Tea sold for Rs one lakh per kg at the Jorhat Tea Auction Centre in June.
With PTI inputs