Monday 16 December 2019

HAPPENING -- 6:


INNOVATIVE TEA GIFT PACKS FROM AVATAA BEVERAGES

BY P S SUNDAR

The International Mountain Day (IMD) on December 11 gained added significance in The Nilgiris with top quality teas from estates and factories holding Rainforest Alliance certificate dedicating to tea connoisseurs in India and abroad their mountain-friendly teas.

The teas are new products from the speciality tea major Avataa Beverages and manufactured from the leaves plucked from Billimalai Estate, some 10 kilometres from Coonoor.



“Both these factory and estate are Rainforest Alliance certified confirming our commitment to conserve existing mountains and grow tea protecting the waterbeds, wildlife and the ecosystem in our area”, Avataa Director G Udayakumar told me.



“It is, therefore, highly relevant to dedicate to the tea consumers such mountain-friendly ‘festive collection packs of top quality teas’ on this IMD”, he noted.



The new festive gift packs were dedicated to the tea connoisseurs by Pooja Singh Yohan, who has returned from Greece as the first person from The Nilgiris to win ‘Triple Crown’ in Mrs India Worldwide who also holds ‘Achiever Aiming Higher’ 2019 award. 



“The Tea Board has earlier distributed Avataa teas in Olympics.   Avataa tea holds the record of fetching the all-time highest price among any tea from any factory in any public auction anywhere in South India.  Now, it is motivating people to gift its mountain-friendly tea varieties during the forthcoming Christmas and New Year festivities”, Pooja said.   




In the ‘Mandala Festive Box’, as these gift packs are called, customers can choose any four teas packed in attractive tins – Speciality teas (white, long ding, twirl green, virgin green, oolong or green tea) or Herb green teas (cinnamon, tulsi, turmeric and vanilla) or ethnic Indian tea variants (Saffron, Gujarat Kawa, Masala and badam) or Fruits and Flower Teas (strawberry, mango, orange, hibiscus, rose or jasmine)”, Udayakumar said.




“Tourists visiting The Nilgiris can pick up these gift packs at Homewood Tea Museum in Doddabetta peak picnic spot”, Avataa Specaility Tea Specialist ENR Vejayashekara added.



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Friday 6 December 2019

FOR THE RECORD -- 71:

TEA BOARD'S SCHEMES..
TEA BOARD'S ORDER ON TEA AUCTIONS IN THE SOUTH..
TEA BOARD ANNOUNCES GREEN LEAF PRICE..
INDIA HEADING FOR A RECORD TEA PRODUCTION THIS YEAR..
GLOBAL BLACK TEA OUTPUT INCREASING, THANKS TO INDIA...
LESS PRODUCTION IN THE NILGIRIS..
AVATAA HOPES FOR BETTER WINTER TEA..

BY P S SUNDAR


(articles in The Assam Review and Tea News, Nov 2019)





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Monday 4 November 2019

FOR THE RECORD -- 70:

HOMEDALE, OSWAL TEA & GLOBAL TEA BROKERS HONOURED..
AVATAA RECORD PRICE..
REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON WORKERS, NPA AGM..
AVATAA FESTIVE COLLECTIONS..

(articles in The Assam Review and Tea News, October 2019)

BY P S SUNDAR




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Monday 14 October 2019

FOR THE RECORD --  69:

INDIA HEADING FOR RECORD TEA PRODUCTION..
MORE TEA IN THE WORLD, THANKS TO INDIA..
UPASI ANNUAL CONFERENCE..

(articles in The Assam Review & Tea News, Sept 2019)

BY P S SUNDAR






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Saturday 7 September 2019

FOR THE RECORD -- 68:

DIGITALISING HISTORIC DOCUMENTS..
MORE TEA IN INDIA..
HIGHER EARNINGS AT TEA AUCTIONS..
LOWEST PRICE FOR GREEN LEAF..
DR K S POTHI HONOURED ...
by P S SUNDAR
(articles in The Assam Review and Tea News, Aug 2019)





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Monday 12 August 2019

FOR THE RECORD -- 67:

DISAPPOINTING BUDGET..
INDIA HEADING FOR A RECORD TEA OUTPUT..
GLOBAL BLACK TEA PRODUCTION ON THE RISE..
TEA BOARD FIXING LOWER PRICE FOR GREEN LEAF..
TEA BOARD ASKING GROWERS TO STICK TO QUALITY..
(articles in Assam Review and Tea News, July 2019)


BY P S SUNDAR








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Tuesday 6 August 2019

FOR THE RECORD -- 66:

INNOVATION IN TEA AT 'TEA STUDIO'..
TEA TILES AT J C CERAMICS..
CLEAN SWEEP BY RAMESH BHOJARAJAN ..
INVOKING RAIN GODS AT BILLIMALAI ESTATE ...
(ARTICLES IN CONTEMPORARY TEA TIME, Apr-June 2019)

BY P S SUNDAR



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Tuesday 16 July 2019

FOR THE RECORD -- 65:

INDIA HEADING FOR A RECORD TEA OUTPUT..

WORLD BLACK TEA PRODUCTION IS UP...

'TEA TILES' MAKING A NEW MARK THROUGH J C CERAMICS.. 

TEA STUDIO COMING OUT WITH INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS..

VIGNESHWAR TEA CREATES NEW RECORD IN TGLIA CONTEST..

(Article in The Assam Review and Tea News, June 2019)

BY P S SUNDAR.





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Tuesday 4 June 2019

FOR THE RECORD --64:

TEMPLE FESTIVAL IN BILLIMALAI ESTATE...
INDIA HEADING FOR ANOTHER RECORD CROP..
MORE BLACK TEA IN THE WORLD NOW..
HIGHER EARNINGS FROM TEA AUCTIONS..
GREEN LEAF PRICE FOR MAY..

(articles in The Assam Review and Tea News, May 2019)

BY P S SUNDAR




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