The grades of these moonlight teas are of the highest and the plucking process is very fine. Only the silvery blooming buds and the two lea...

Tea gardens have been asked to ensure social distancing in the tea factories besides providing facilities for frequent hand washing and san...

Sales of tea at the Guwahati auction centre have been disrupted. Instead of 40-45 lakh kgs, only 15 lakh kg has been sold so far this week.

Diminishing interest of workers on garden based field work due to sociological change has already started making top brasses of this labour...

In 2017, total production during January-December period was 1,348.84 million kilograms, while the estimated contribution of the small grow...

Comparing Japan's tea production to Kenya that practices manual plucking throughout the year, tea experts claimed that machine plucking has...

"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 ...

"This low humidity may significantly delay breaking of buds and growth of new leaf hampering first flush," said Darjeeling planters.

The growers have announced that it will not pluck tea leaf in Tinsukia district on Monday and will resort to road blockade in four places.

Tea prices jumped at last week's auction due to a sharp drop in supplies and good demand from local industry.

Green tea has seen a 40% jump in prices in October and it may further increase as the plucking season draws to a close next month.

Fluctuating cold wave in Dooars and Terai region of Himalayan foothills may hit high-value post-winter tea production this year. Planters f...

State govt wants sale of tea waste to be made compulsory via auction centre.

Faced with problems of labour shortage and declining productivity, tea plantations may take to mechanisation in a big way.

Tea Board has banned plucking of tea leaves using knives from March 10 with a view to improve the quality of tea produced in several estate...