https://helloteacup.com A Tea Blog, Expert Tea Guides Thu, 28 Nov 2013 06:23:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/helloteacup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/helloteacup.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://helloteacup.com 32 32 125389065 https://helloteacup.com/2013/11/28/the-first-tea-auction-in-hong-kong/ https://helloteacup.com/2013/11/28/the-first-tea-auction-in-hong-kong/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2013 06:23:49 +0000 http://helloteacup.com/?p=1132 To most people tea is just a very common drink in our daily life. However, if I tell you that tea can be sold at more than $100000 a box as a kind of luxury product, will you believe? Actually, rare teas were sold in auction since long ago, but the first tea auction in Hong Kong still attracts many tea lovers. According to Financial Times, “Teas more than half a century old will go on the block at the “Sensation of Tea” auction on Saturday at Hong Kong’s Park Lane Hotel. One box of rare Narcissus oolong tea could fetch as much as HK$1m ($129,000), according to the organisers.” $129,000! What a high price! Why is this tea so expensive? There are 2 main reasons. Firstly, the tea was picked in the 1950s after […]

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