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Beverage connoisseurs are always on the lookout for something better. It is in this quest, during the lockdown, that many stumbled upon single estate teas.
Though it is not a new type or grade of tea, it had a niche following, until March, when COVID-19, and a string of lockdowns made grocery shopping a challenge. Kausshal Dugarr, founder and CEO of Teabox, a premium tea brand, says that as the popular tea varieties went off the shelf, single-origin tea gained visibility.
Kausshal explains, “Single estate teas are nothing but leaves that are harvested from one estate. It is not blended and is usually sold under the name of the estate. It focuses on taste and flavour that is mostly dependent on where the estate is.”
Single-origin/estate teas are indicators of a specific region that produces specialised tea, and should not be confused with organic teas. “Not all single estate teas are organic,” says Kausshal. “We saw the highest sale of growth of single-estate tea during May-June. It was a surprising eye-opener as the customer profile pointed to a very young crowd. Tea, as a beverage, is bracketed with ‘older people’,” he adds.
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The process is relatively simple for such an exotic tea: Bring the water to boil, pour the boiling water into a cup containing some tea leaves, wait for around two minutes before pouring it into another cup. Transferring the water from pot to cup to second cup reduces its temperature by some 25°C, and therein lies the trick that will bring out just the right flavour of Oolong.
This is what Manoj Kumar, senior manager of Arunachal Pradesh’s Donyi Polo Tea Estate, told us. He should know: Donyi Polo produces six varieties of ‘speciality teas’ (of which Oolong is one) and was in the news last year when its Golden Needles tea sold for a whopping ₹40,000 a kilo, making it the most expensive tea sold at any auction in India till date.
Located in the hamlet of Oyan in East Siang district, Donyi Polo has been producing tea since the 80s, but has become famous lately because Golden Needles sold for a fortune at the Gauhati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) in Assam. And soon after, 1.2 kilos of its Purple Tea auctioned last October for ₹24,501 per kilo.
Kumar, who joined the estate as assistant manager…