Special tea plucking and auction planned for first International Tea Day
Guwahati/UNI: To mark the first official ‘International Tea Day’, a special tea plucking and limited edition manufacturing activity, followed by auctioning of the teas has been proposed by the Tea Board, India.
The Tea Board has written to all tea associations, buyers assocations and auction organisers yesterday regarding the plan to commemorate the first International Tea Day on May 21 through special plucking, manufacturing and auction.
Under the endeavour, manufacturers shall pluck green tea leaf of highest quality (two leaves and a bud) on May 21, and tea so plucked will be manufactured the next day.
These teas shall be packed in paper shacks for offering in auctions, with specific quantities fixed that a manufacturer can put for auction.
A special auction of these teas will be organised at all the auction centres in June and a percentage of sale proceeds will be shared with relief funds or as decided by a committee to be formed for this purpose.
Both estate and bought tea leaf factories can participate in this limited edition voluntary endeavour by intimidating their respective auction centres by May 19, the Tea Board letter added.
The Tea Board stressed that all plucking, manufacturing, packaging, auction, etc. activities have to be carried out in compliance with COVID 19 safety measures.
The United Nations General Assembly had recently designated May 21 as International Tea Day premised on the proposal put forth by government of India in October 2015 at the FAO Intergovernmental Group on tea.
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