Price of Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 8th, '11, 15:51
What's the price that the most expensive Darjeeling tea can reach?
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Price of Darjeeling tea
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Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 9th, '11, 13:51
Offer: 1000g of Darjeeling Tea 1 million dollars. I am serious if you are.
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 9th, '11, 15:15
max price = max price buyers are willing to pay ...
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 10th, '11, 12:16
I'm serious because there are mixed info about some tea gardens that mix the higher grade darjeeling with a lower grade tea and sell it at a premium price...edkrueger wrote:Offer: 1000g of Darjeeling Tea 1 million dollars. I am serious if you are.
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 10th, '11, 13:10
All the tea sellers in Darjeeling told me this happens.a.serrao wrote:I'm serious because there are mixed info about some tea gardens that mix the higher grade darjeeling with a lower grade tea and sell it at a premium price...edkrueger wrote:Offer: 1000g of Darjeeling Tea 1 million dollars. I am serious if you are.
To answer your original question, it might be better to ask this directly of the Darjeeling tea sellers to see what kind of ceiling there might be for the tea.
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 10th, '11, 15:07
And is it legal?Tead Off wrote: All the tea sellers in Darjeeling told me this happens.
Re: Price of Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 10th, '11, 15:41
Chip wrote:Darjeeling Trivia 101. Much more Darjeeling tea is SOLD versus Darjeeling tea PRODUCED.
Talk about watering down the product.
This has been common knowledge for years, and nobody seems willing or able to dispute it ... so it is seemingly just accepted as the way it is.
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 11th, '11, 00:10
Man, it's India.a.serrao wrote:And is it legal?Tead Off wrote: All the tea sellers in Darjeeling told me this happens.
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 11th, '11, 00:20
I did some research. Found this:a.serrao wrote:And is it legal?Tead Off wrote: All the tea sellers in Darjeeling told me this happens.
http://www.teaboard.gov.in/inner1.asp?p ... k_id=62010
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 11th, '11, 01:27
If you are involved in the business of blending tea illegally, the logo will still appear on the packaging. How much % of non-Darjeeling tea is added is not known to me. But the teas they reputedly blend are grown at the foot of the mountains which is technically not Darjeeling provenance but in NJP and Siliguri. These blends can easily pass for 100% Darjeeling to most people. Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life. Cutting, blending, etc., is done to many different products in India. Oils, spices, perfumes, rice, all suffer the same fate at certain levels of marketing.edkrueger wrote:I did some research. Found this:a.serrao wrote:And is it legal?Tead Off wrote: All the tea sellers in Darjeeling told me this happens.
http://www.teaboard.gov.in/inner1.asp?p ... k_id=62010
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 11th, '11, 14:30
I thought you were referring to Italy...Tead Off wrote:Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life.
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 11th, '11, 19:48
The question was: Was it legal? I was showing that it isn't. Doesn't prove it doesn't happen. I don't think anyone argued for this. Now, there is something more reliable than speculation based on cultural stereotypes.Tead Off wrote:Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life.
Re: Price pf Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 12th, '11, 00:27
I wonder if you've ever been there? If you've ever had to do business there? Perhaps then you would understand what I am talking about.edkrueger wrote:The question was: Was it legal? I was showing that it isn't. Doesn't prove it doesn't happen. I don't think anyone argued for this. Now, there is something more reliable than speculation based on cultural stereotypes.Tead Off wrote:Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life.
Re: Price of Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 12th, '11, 17:58
Ahhh the ways of the worldTead Off wrote:Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life.
Find me a country where cheating isn't a way of life!
how much of it on the visible surface is the only difference
Re: Price of Darjeeling tea
Posted: Apr 13th, '11, 00:40
True enough but some places excel in it!churng wrote:Ahhh the ways of the worldTead Off wrote:Legality means very little in India where cheating is a way of life.
Find me a country where cheating isn't a way of life!
how much of it on the visible surface is the only difference