GOLDEN BUTTERFLY TEA

About:

• Golden Butterfly is produced by Dikom Tea Estate near eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh town.
  
  
• This hand-crafted tea is made from tender leaves and buds available only around June-July.
  
  
• The tea is named such because only “the soft golden tips go into making this exceptionally rare and special tea”.
  
  
• The tea has an “extremely mellow and sweet caramel flavour.
  
  

Recent records:

• Assam tea has, in fact, been repeatedly setting price records at auctions.
  
  
• On July 31, an Assam tea variety known as “Maijan Golden Tips” sold for Rs 70,501 per kilogram at the GTAC.
  
  
• A day earlier, Manohari Gold Special tea was auctioned for Rs 50,000 per kg at the Centre.