For Luxmi, the Brew Tea deal ticks key boxes in its strategy, mainly, focusing on quality and branding. IMAGE: Guardians of the Makaibari tea estate. All photographs: Kind courtesy Makaibari Tea......
In the last three years, 20 gardens have changed hands, and 90 per cent of the buyers are from non-tea background. IMAGE: A worker gathers tea leaves at the Happy Valley tea garden estate in......
Over the past year, McLeod sold 21 gardens in India, reducing almost 32 million kg in production. In a bid to pare debt, Brij Mohan Khaitan’s McLeod Russel India has lost its crown as the......
Geopolitical headwinds leading to lower demand from export markets, coupled with lower domestic buying, have dragged the auction average of Darjeeling tea to its lowest level since 2015.......
Tea estates across Assam and West Bengal, which were hitherto closed owing to the lockdown, opened in April. Fresh tea from the season is set to be back in the north Indian auction centres in......