Tea makers continue to struggle in the Indian market largely due to a downtrend in the CTC tea market, reports rating agency Icra. However, in the first five months of FY20, prices of the orthodox ...

"Are they saying we are drinking substandard tea?" said Manoj Archibald, a planter from the Nilgiris, last week. He was sharing an ad that promoted whole leaf teas while deriding CTC (crush, tear, and ...

I am drinking a strong CTC from the Dooars, in north Bengal, this week, made by a small tea farmer, unbranded, but fresh from the factory. It brews a potent cup if I don’t watch how long it steeps. If ...