Tea Board chairman Basudev Banerjee and Lochan Tea chief Rajiv Lochan at the tea expo. A Telegraph picture

Siliguri, Sept. 27: Brewing success for one of the costliest tea in the world.

The produce of the Makaibari tea estate has fetched a gold medal for Siliguri-based Lochan Tea Company at the ongoing China Tea Expo, one of the biggest festivals held in the sector. A gold medal has been conferred on the Makaibari’s organic vintage muscatel (2006 second flush) for being the “best black tea of the world”. Lochan Tea is in charge of packaging and marketing the brew.

“On October 29, the tea will be put up for auction,” Rajiv Lochan, the chief executive officer of Lochan Tea, told The Telegraph. “We hope that it will fetch more than Rs 50,000 per kg.” Makaibari produces the costliest black tea in the world.

Lochan is one of the 300 companies from 16 countries to participate at the event, co-sponsored by the Chinese government’s Trade Development Bureau, China Native Produce and Animal Byproducts Import and Export Corporation and Sunry Advertising and Exhibition Company, stated a release issued by Lochan Tea.

The Tea Board of India is also one of the participants.