Assam's Dikom Tea Estate brand 'Golden Butterfly' fetches 'record' Rs 75000 per kg

A rare variety of tea from Upper Assam's Dikom Tea Estate set a new record on Tuesday as it was auctioned for Rs 75,000 per kg at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC), an official said.

The tea, 'Golden Butterfly', was purchased by city- based Assam Tea Traders, GTAC Buyers Association Secretary Dinesh Bihani said.

"In the tea sector, this auction centre has created an image of a place where records are meant to be broken and history is meant to be re-written", Bihani said adding that this "exceptionally rare and special tea" was sold through J Thomas and Company.

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The GTAC is emerging as a centre for showcasing high-priced Assam specialty tea, he said. The centre is providing an opportunity to sellers who want to sell their tea at remunerative prices, Bihani said. An exotic tea is judged by its aroma, taste and colour and this tea is characterised by extremely mellow and sweet caramel flavour, Assam Tea Traders' owner L K Jalan said.

Recently, GTAC witnessed two big records last month, when the orthodox variety 'Maijan Golden Tips' fetched a price of Rs 70,501 per kg and one kilogram of Manohari Gold, another specialty orthodox tea variety, was sold at Rs 50,000. 

Earlier in July, a variety of tea from Assam scripted history after being sold at an eye-watering rate of Rs. 50,000 per kg at an auction in Guwahati. Manohari Tea Estate Gold tea was purchased for Rs 50,000 per kg by Sourabh Tea Traders Pvt Ltd at the Guwahati Auction Centre. This comes little over a year after the Manohari Tea Estate of Mohanbari in Dibrugarh had created history on by selling its gold tea at Rs. 39,001 per kg. 

Describing the variety of tea, Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) secretary Priyanuj Dutta said this variety was cultivated from the finest tea clones and is hand-picked and very delicate. She added that it has a subtle aroma and is made from the finest clones, the P-126 which is said to be the best clone. Speaking on this, the Manohari Tea Estate owner Rajan Lohia stated that the weather this year was unfavorable for the production of the Gold tea and only five kilograms of this could be produced this year - explaining why the going rate would be so high. He added that the weather was not very supportive.

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