Author: Pullock Dutta

Author: Pullock Dutta

McLeod Russel Sells 12 Assam Tea Estates
June 11, 2018 News Pullock Dutta

McLeod Russel is selling off several tea estates in Assam. McLeod Russel, the largest tea plantation company in the world, announced the sale of 12 estates in eastern Assam last week, continuing a decade long pattern of divestment by multinationals. The memorandum of understanding is subject to regulatory approvals, which are expected in the next

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Bidders Are Setting New Records at Tea Auctions This Spring
May 8, 2018 News Pullock Dutta

JORHAT, Assam Tea trees deep in shade in a tea plantation near Jorhat, Assam, India. Jorhat is at the heart of the tea growing region of Assam. The tea trees in this photo are deep green with the second flush of young tea leaves ripe for harvesting. The shot was taken early in the morning.

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Golden Tea Strikes Gold
December 4, 2017 Knowledge Pullock Dutta

OYAN, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, India Artisan teas for refined palates have long earned boutique gardens outsized reputations and profits. It is a model pioneered in China and adapted in Darjeeling, West Bengal that spread to the Nilgiris in Southern India and now extends to Arunachal Pradesh where the Donyi Polo Tea Estate has established a reputation

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India’s Tea Board to Harness Social Media to Market Organic Tea
October 2, 2017 Knowledge Pullock Dutta

JORHAT, Assam, India The Tea Board of India will launch a social media campaign to promote specialty teas from the country in domestic and international markets, according to Tea Board chairman P.K. Bezbaruah, who spoke with World Tea News at a workshop for small tea growers at Tocklai Tea Research Institute recently. Marketing through social

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