Hi, The best way to verify the credentials of a premium Assam CTC is to go visit the Guwahati Tea Auction Committee site -
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which handles a large volume of Assam's yearly produce. The teas placed in the auction are sold through a competetive bidding process for each lot of tea - with the buyer bidding the highest price for a particular lot claiming purchase of that lot.
Put your mouse over the 'auction' link on the top of the page, click on the average by garden drop down link and you come to a page that highlights garden rank by average price realized for the sale. Typically a calender year of sale starts from Sale 14 that year and carries on till Sale 13 next year. On the page you come to, on the top left hand side change the sale range from sale 14 [2006] to say, sale
39[2006] and click on the filter data button. The top gardens, by average sale price realized will come into view, with details of quantity sold.The figures dont lie. sidman.