India: Amul To Launch Tea Brand
Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Indian Tea Industry | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_2150" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Amul Packaging"][/caption] Amul, the largest food company in India, is adding a tea brand to its range. Amul, which already dominates India's food industry with a range of products that includes milk, ice cream, butter, milk shake, margarine ...
Indian Tea Giant Set to Secure Major Deal in Uganda
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade, Tea in the News | No Comments »McLeod Russell continues its current domination of the tea industry with the purchase of James Finlay Ltd owned company, Rwenzori Tea Investments. The Ugandan company and its six tea estates sold for $30 million and is expected to have a turnover ...
Tea Industries Stock Prices Soar
Monday, December 28th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade, Tea in the News | No Comments »Windfall gains for investors as the tea industry performs well in the stock market rally. The latest report from India sees the stocks of major tea companies soaring by about 200 – 450% since March 2009. Beating the benchmark indices by ...
The Indian Tea Research Stations
Monday, December 7th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Tea History, Tea Places | No Comments »Nestled between the meandering loops of the Tocklai River, just south of Jorhat, a once humble market town turned Cosmopolitan City, sits the Tocklai Experimental Station (TES). Founded in 1911 with just one laboratory and two bungalows to its name the ...
Measures to Promote Assam Tea
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Tea Places | 2 Comments »Four stars for effort; Assam tea to get government seal of approval. The Assam government has taken measures to ensure quality and fair prices for all tea grown out of the region. The new certification is hoped to boost interest in the ...
Indian Tea Production Much Improved
Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade, Tea Places | 3 Comments »Tea production in India has improved greatly in August and September, the Tea Board of India reports. Production earlier this year was severely hit by droughts and by political difficulties in Darjeeling. By the end of May production was down 13 ...
Elephants Rampage in Dam Dim Tea Estate, Dooars
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Quirky | 1 Comment »The Dam Dim (or Dumdim) Tea Estate has been ravaged by elephants in a recent incursion. The incident happened 10 Oct 09, when a herd of elephants from the Baikunthapur jungles entered the Dooars tea gardens during the night. The animals ...
Darjeeling Tea Edges Closer to EU Recognition
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in Beginner's Guides to Tea, Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade, Tea History, Tea Places | No Comments »The long battle to win recognition for the Darjeeling tea region has taken a significant step forward. Now the region must wait anxiously for six months to see if anyone lodges an objection to the registration of a European GI Mark. The ...
Latest from Assam: it’s good news and bad news…
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade, Tea Places | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_1270" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Increased production in Assam region"][/caption] No-one is going to try and pretend it's been a great year for the Indian tea industry. Both Darjeeling and Assam have seen bad droughts this year - you may remember our shocking ...
No end in sight for Darjeeling strike
Monday, August 10th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade, Tea History, Tea Places | 2 Comments »[caption id="attachment_1037" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Darjeeling strike action is affecting tea leaving the area"][/caption] The chances of an early settlement of strike action in Darjeeling are appearing slim after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha signalled its unhappiness at a proposed olive branch. In a ...
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