Tea shortages in South India as Kochi e-auction suspended
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Tea Places | No Comments »Tea auctions in Kochi have been suspended for 3 weeks causing widespread shortages of tea for buyers and cash shortages for sellers. A row over the implementation of e-auctions has now led to a 3-week suspension of the auction in Kochi. ...
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in twitter | No Comments »Free shipping today only at All About Tea - http://www.allabouttea.co.uk # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Cyclone causes landslides in Darjeeling – 22 dead
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Tea Places | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_503" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A previous landslide in TungSung, Darjeeling."][/caption] At least 22 people have been killed and 23 injured in landslides on Tuesday in the hill station of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. 500 homes have been destroyed or damaged and the ...
Landslides in Darjeeling
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade | No Comments »Have just received information from one of our major Darjeeling producers yesterday: 'In the last 12 hours Darjeeling district has had very very heavy rainfall between 4 to 18 inches, the average being about 8 inches. Result heavy landslides with some ...
