A veil of sweet mildness covers the teas opf the autumn flushes like a pastel-amber cloth. New facettes, previously overlayered by the spicy aromas of spring and summer are coming to surface. This year's Giddapahar autumn flush still bears much of the spiciness and sharp aromas of the estate's summer flush. Then, the taste of Giddapahar SFTGFOP 1 CL TPY…
The most astounding characteristic of this FTGFOP 1 SPL autumn flush of Goomtee Tea Estate in Darjeeling, India, is the bridge it builds back to the year's first spring picking. So, despite of the progressed season, this "Autumnal" from Kurseong Valley (= "land of orchids") has still much both of the first flush's floweryness and the second flush's aromatic spicyness.…
For too long, Assam and Darjeeling's autumn pickings have wrongly been stigmatized with a perceived low quality labeling. In the backdrop of a newly awakening quality awareness in the Indian tea sector, this stigma is finally fading. Thanks to the increased attention that is meanwhile paid again to the old and precious "Autumnals" tradition, the gentleness, multifacettedness and the deep…
A veil of sweet mildness covers the teas opf the autumn flushes like a pastel-amber cloth. New facets, previously overlayered by the spicy aromas of spring and summer are coming to surface. And indeed, the taste of Sree Sibbari Assam Autumn Flush has much of the aromatic fragrance of autumn leaves, well-seasoned precious woods, and rich, dark earth. These notes…
