Assam-made Chinese pu’er tea cakes auctioned at ₹12,000 a kg
Assam-based tea producers have successfully auctioned Chinese-style pu’er tea cakes at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre for ₹12,000 per kg. This development marks a shift in the region's tea industry toward high-value, artisanal products beyond traditional black and green teas.
Why it matters
Diversification into specialized, high-value tea production offers new economic opportunities for the North Eastern Indian tea industry.
Assam-made pu’er tea cakes, traditionally produced in China’s Yunnan province, fetched ₹12,000 per kg at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC), paving the way for varieties such as the ‘phalap’ prepared by the Singpho community to be auctioned.
A 5-kg batch of pu’er tea from Gauripur Tea Industry in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district was sold at the GTAC on Friday (September 25, 2026). Assam Tea Traders bought the lot through brokers J. Thomas & Co. Pvt Ltd.
GTAC was the second auction centre to sell pu’er tea after the same producer sold a lot at the Jorhat Tea Auction Centre in 2023 at ₹9,000 per kilo.
Aparaj Saikia of Gauripur Tea Industry said his firm began producing the Sheng-style pu’er tea, which takes a week from plucking leaves to processing and compressing into circular cakes.
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