Monday, July 28, 2008

Darmona Tea Reports New Record At Coonoor Auction - July 28 , 2008

Coonoor: Five different verities of Darmona Estate and Tea Industry, auctioned by J. Thomas and Co, shot into the Rs 100 price-band at Sale No: 30 of the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) here on July 25. Darmona made record in both the leaf and dust market.

Its broken pekoe (BP) grade got Rs 100 a kg, while broken orange pekoe fannings (BOPF) grade got Rs 106. In the dust market, its red dust (RD) grade got Rs 100 a kg, pekoe dust (PD) got Rs 112, the highest in this week's dust market. Homedale Estate's RD grade also got Rs 100 a kg.

Hittakkal Estate got Rs 94, Highfield Estate Special Rs 93, Vigneshwar Estate and Shanthi Supreme got Rs 92 each, Ella Estate and Warwick Estate Rs 89 each, Green View Supreme, Professor, Deepika Supreme and Sree Tea Supreme Rs 88 each, Kannavarai Estate and Aroma Estate Rs 87 each and Selva Ganapathy Supreme Rs 83. Among the orthodox teas from corporate sector, Chamraj got Rs 128, Mailoor Rs 124, Tiger Hill and Havukal Rs 121 each, Coonoor Tea Rs 120, Thaishola Rs 119, Parkside Rs 113, Glendale and Corsley Rs 112 each, Curzon Rs 111, Prammas Rs 110, Colacumby Rs 109, Craigmore Rs 106 and Kairbetta Rs 100.

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