Organic Darjeeling First Flush Black Tea
Freshly emergent fine leaves creates this spring tea, an ideal wake-up breakfast tea. The tea bushes are lulled into hibernation from the middle of November to mid-March. With climbing temperatures and day lengths, the first shoots burst forth. Darjeeling First Flush will have evenly sized black and green leaf.
Testing Notes :
Liquor in the cup reveals a light, bright yellow hue with a strong shade of green, emanating from the centrality of the cup.
The first sip offers a smooth, delicate tea with overtones of roasted peach. This is followed by a sharp, brief bout of astringency. This eases to blend of genteel peach with floral notes of a delicate rose, that permeates the entire palate, that assails all the senses gradually.
Organic Darjeeling Second Flush Black Tea
Plucked carefully by hand between May and June, the green fly fed leaves, impart its unique grape like flavor and coppery shade.
Testing Notes :
The steeped liquor reveals a deep coppery amber note. A strong muscatel punch with fruity undertones reaches your olfactory glands when you smell this beautiful tea. One sip reveals the rich muscatel character with a touch of honey, with a balancing acidity that leaves a floral refreshing grape like sensation that dances on your tongue.
Organic Darjeeling Black Tea
This tea produced during the summer weeks of June July, processed by experienced tea maker to bring forth this amber color cup of a typical muscatel flavoury Darjeeling Tea.
Testing Notes :
smooth mouth feel, muscatel fruity top notes of resins and berries
Roasted Darjeeling Tea
Whole black tea leaves are gently roasted over a slow burning fire to infuse the tea leaves with an unmistakable yet subtle smoky flavor which enhances the delicate flavor of our amazing Darjeeling Tea.
Testing Notes :
Zesty and colorful cup with pan-roasted Darjeeling flavor recommended with a hint of mint and sugar.
First Flush Spring Tea
Made from only the finest tender shoots plucked from clonal sections during the onset of spring , this stylishly made tea with a beautiful bloom and an abundance of silver tips is pure springtime in a cup. The liquor is light and bright, smooth on the palate with undertones of citrus flowers and peach. Full of aroma, it embodies all the attributes of the finest Darjeeling First Flush tea.
Testing Notes :
Light, sharp and crisp, with notes of citrus and flowers. Dry Leaf Appearance: Distinctive light green leaves characteristic of a First Flush Darjeeling, with some silvery tips.
Monsoon Harvest
Monsoon teas are characterized by a rich amber cup that is full bodied and smooth on the palate, and perfect for those who favor a stronger brew. The flavor can also be complimented with a dash of milk, unlike Darjeeling Teas from most other seasons. Made in the late summer months from July to September when the estate is in full production with perfect weather conditions, monsoon tea is specially plucked from select fields with clonal plants that give this tea its own unique character.
Testing Notes :
A strong, full mouth feel with notes of fruit and nut. Dry Leaf.
Seasons 4-in-one
A blend of the best tea from Spring, Summer, Monsoon and Autumn, this tea embodies a whole Darjeeling year. The Spring First Flush opens the show with a crisp, bright note. Smoothness and richness of Summer Second Flush is present, but is tempered by the Monsoon tea, so as not to overpower the delicacy of the First. Like the tea producing year, the Autumn Flush closes the show, giving us notes of fruit and a well-rounded feel to the cup. Drink this tea (best taken without milk) at any time of day, and taste the subtle flavors that each unique Darjeeling season has to offer.
Testing Notes :
Smooth, with medium body and a good balance of Darjeeling flavors.
Autumn Crown
Made in early November, this tea has a rich copper glow, mirroring the evening sun on the snows of Mount Kanchenjunga in the shadows of which this tea is grown. It is full bodied and mellow, and has a delicate flowery bouquet with a long finish. The tea bushes give us one grand finale at the end of the harvesting year and the taste lingers like a beautiful symphony that carries you into the next season.
Testing Notes :
Full-bodied and rounded with a smooth mouth feel and notes of sweet berry fruit.
Second Flush Summer Tea
The Second Flush in Darjeeling produces mature, more rounded flavors than the First Flush. Plucked in the early summer months of May and June, this stylishly rolled leaf is made from select shoots that draw their succulence from the late spring showers.
Testing Notes :
Smooth and rounded on the palate, with flavours of dried fruit and the sought-after muscatel taste characteristic of Second Flush Darjeeling tea.