PARCON (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

Kolkata Auction Report Sale - 09

Fair general demand.

All round easier levels following quality. Few liquoring reprints are well competed for. Dooars yet to sell.

Exporters operating at lower levels. HUL and Duncans selective. Tata Tea silent so far. Fashion suiting operating. Internal selective.

Guwahati Auction Report Sale - 10

GOOD DEMAND FOR CLEANER /HELD BACK TEAS. FAIR FOR REMAINDER.

SELECT FEW CLEANER/HELD BACK TEAS WERE AROUND LAST. REMAINDER EASED FOLLOWING QUALITY.

Avgs: CTC 75.32(-1.26), DS 70.28(-3.49),Ttl 73.78(-1.96), YTD: 111.32(+17.53).Outlot - CTC 40%,DS 32%,Ttl 38%.

Siliguri Auction Report Sale - 10

Demand good, Approx. 75% teas selling. Levels rather irregular in line with quality.

Exporters & Blenders : Very Selective. Internal : Mainstay.

Parcon Scheduled Time : Leaf - 9.25 A.M. & Dust - 3.52 P.M. (Thursday).

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It was over 5,000 years ago that a few leaves fell into China's Emperor Shen Nung's cup and tea was born. The Dutch were the first to introduce tea to Europe and America. The Dutch and British started drinking tea only 350 years ago. Tea in the States is forever linked with the Boston Tea Party and the severing of our colonial ties with Britain. The same plant yields hundreds of different teas because of differences in the growing regions and different methods of making tea. Tea is used by buddhist monks during long meditations. It is thought to harmonize two elements; alertness and relaxation. Americans drink 50 billion cups of tea a year; 40 billion are iced. Currently, US tea drinkers prefer black (94%) to green (4%) and oolong (2%). Tea leaf reading is called tasseography.