Prices of Darjeeling tea fell to half at the auctions last week compared with the previous week as a result of weak demand from Europe, rai...

A few buyers from Germany and Japan have offered a marginal price hike while other buyers are negotiating for a lower price for the tea whi...

Darjeeling First Flush, the earliest leaves and buds harvested in the season, is plucked between late February and early April.

Major importers like Germany & Japan, which have been buyers of first flush teas from Darjeeling for decades, first want to check the quali...

The second-flush tea has been auctioned at a price of Rs 403.92 per kg this week.

The trade is also exploring eastern European markets and the US.

These teas are more delicate and tender and therefore more light, floral, fresh, brisk and astringent in flavour.

Of the annual Darjeeling tea production of 8.5 million kg, nearly 1.7 million kg is first flush teas.

"This is the first time we lost the entire second flush," said AN Singh, managing director of Goodricke Group, a Kolkatabased producer with...

Darjeeling is currently witnessing a political unrest, which has led to the suspension of operations at tea estates in the region, at a tim...

A release issued by the Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) said that by the time the plucking round is controlled and the next flush arrives ...

Tea boutique owners in west India said tea drinkers are ready to pay Rs 1,300-1,500kg for Darjeeling aroma.

Domestic consumption of Darjeeling tea is increasing annually as tea drinkers are gradually developing a taste for Darjeeling's famous musc...

After a dry spell of more than two months, Darjeeling has received rains in last 48 hours raising hope for a good second flush tea producti...

First flush tea, which has a distinctive light colour and aroma, fetches the maximum revenues for Darjeeling's tea industry.

Darjeeling tea companies can see losses brewing after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has put an embargo on movement of teas.

The global economic crisis has affected the Darjeeling tea industry. The premium first flush teas, which become available in the market fro...