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The Tea Trade Body That Still Gives Away a Football Shield

In 1935 Indian planters won a seat on a colonial tax committee. Their association went on to fund a football trophy still contested in Jorhat today, and in September 2025 it was proposing a minimum price for green leaf to force bad tea out of the market.

The Earthquake Still Eating Assam's Tea Gardens

A magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck Upper Assam's tea districts in 1950, and the river it destabilized has been taking garden land ever since, at a rate a 2019 academic review still calls "not settled.

Manohari Gold Tea

An ultra-premium, small-batch orthodox tea from one Assam garden, hand-plucked 25 to 50 grams a day and sold at record prices. What it is, how it is made, and the full auction record, set out plainly.