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CTTA auctions completed only today
CTTA auctions completed only today
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The sale 22 of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) auctions scheduled for May 28 and 29 was completed only on June 1 due to the technical snag in the e-platform operated by NSEIT.
“Following disruptions noticed in other auction centres, Tea Board had requested us to postpone the sale by a day and so, we rescheduled the programme with Leaf auctions for May 29 and Dust auctions for…
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Today is International Tea Day
Observed annually on 15 December, and celebrated since 2005, International Tea Day aims to draw global attention to the impact of the tea trade on workers and growers — supporting efforts towards fair prices and fair trade. With this day in mind, here are 5 facts you may not know about the best of brews:
We’ve all heard of the Boston Tea Party, but did you know that New York had its fair share of tea party events as well? New York’s Sons of Liberty organised various protest meetings at city hall, denouncing the tea trade monopoly as “public robbery.”
The English East India Company, colloquially known as ‘John Company’ (established on 31st December 1600) did not just trade with the Indian continent — but its ships reached as far as Japan!
Although the origins and date of the discovery of tea are uncertain, it is thought that it was originally eaten in Burma as a vegetable, where it was chewed or pickled. It was also sniffed like snuff in this area – as it still is today in parts of Southeast Asia.
Today, approximately three billion people a day drink tea. Long appreciated for the gentle stimulation its caffeine content provides, tea is also highly regarded for its ability to kill the microorganisms that cause many water-borne diseases
Unlike most primary commodities whose prices are determined in futures exchanges, tea prices are established at auctions, which trade about one-third of global tea output. India has six auctions, but the two largest are in Sri Lanka, and Kenya.
Image Credit: ‘Person, Woman, India’ by Unsplash, CC0 Public Domain, via Pixabay.
