Assam tea is full of all good things that you can think of. One of these many good things of Assam tea is that it is being taken by all and at all time of the year and at all time of the day and almost all time of night. This, along with other numerous healthy benefits of Assam tea including low price, it is very easy to market and sale.
You can buy it throughout the year and sell it throughout the year.
But if you want to buy it directly from tea plantation, best time to start buying it from the month of end March.
New tea season for Assam, Dooars and Darjeeling tea starts in the month of March. New fresh leaves start coming up after couple of months of lull period. New eye soothing soft leaf comes out and one can make good tea with those tender leaf.
Then come second flush at june to August. Both Assam, Dooars and Darjeeling, Tripura Tea gardens makes their best tea during this second flush.
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After August, quality of Assam, Tripura or Darjeeling Tea start coming down. Strength of liquor and brightness come down. Then you require more quantity, may be one full spoon tea leaf for making a cup of quality tea.
Generally, Assam tea quality remains Best to Better till November. During December it comes down to Good quality. From January onward, it becomes avarage quality and low priced. So best time to buy Assam tea is March to is half of December. But if you want cheap Assam tea for mixing with better quality Assam tea then January to February is the best time.
Quality TeaWe always tell our buyers Consumers never fail to appreciate better quality.
Many tea businessmen, always look for low priced tea, so that he can sell it at low price than his competitors. But always remember, buy always low priced tea but never buy low quality tea. Low quality tea may be spurious, old stock and stale . It is always better to buy from source instead of buying tea from middlemen. Low priced tea may or may not be good and or hygienic, but better quality tea is always good and healthy.
Tea Auction Price
After making tea, all tea gardens send the tea samples to their respective brokers. Brokers in turn evalue it and decide about expected price. Tea gardens may accept the decided minimum price or may not accept it.
If accepted, tea is sent to to auctioning city. In case of Assam, it is in Guwahati. Generally transportation charge comes to Rs 3 to Rs 4 per KG. Then the tea consignment is put in a warehouse. Warehousing charges are approximately Rs 1 per kg in the first month. If it is kept more than a month then charge goes up to approximately Rs 4 or more per kg per week.
Finally Tea Broker will charge 1% from the seller and 1% from the buyer.Say tea is sold at auction at Rs 100 per KG. Then Rs 100 minus transportation Rs 3, minus Rs 4 for warehousing - Rs 4, minus Rs 2 Brokerage= Rs 87 is the amount the seller garden is getting approximately. We have not deducted GST, because that you have to pay either you buy it from garden directly or through broker.
Only problen is, 99.99% gardens wont sell less than 10000 kg at a time. Where as, buying it from a broker could be as less as 5/600 kg or one lot of tea. But, you will spend around Rs 20 more.