[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Makaibari Tea Estate was established in 1859 in India\u2019s eastern region of West Bengal. In September, buyers from the U.K., the U.S. and Japan bought a specialty Darjeeling tea, named Silver Tips Imperial, for $1,850 a kilo from the estate, becoming the most expensive Indian tea ever sold.<\/p>\n
Signs of a recovery in India\u2019s $1.9 trillion economy may boost demand for the beverage, helping bolster local prices in the country that is the world\u2019s largest consumer of tea after China, where demand totaled 911 million kilograms in 2013-2014, according to India\u2019s state-run Tea Board<\/p>\n
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