Darjeeling teas come from three different picking periods and from about 90 different tea estates operating in Darjeeling, many of them at different altitudes and terroirs. Now, to bring the whole world of Darjeeling tea right within reach of your fingertips, we have created the Darjeeling 3-Seasons Box. With 6 different Darjeeling teas, 2 from each season and from different…
The 8th and therewith one of the earliest invoices 2023 of Jungpana tea garden in Darjeeling! That is, the tea of the still very young spring’s 8th picking day, a dream of every Darjeeling tea lover: extremely rare, equally precious, and: beyond any recall! Available in limited quantity and for a short time only. A firework of intense fruity and floral,…
As characteristic for the estate's teas, Giddapahar Imperial Muscatel Second Flush pleases the palate with downright sublime harmony and balance. This translates to a particularly round and soft mouthfeel that covers one's gums like a velvety clove, making Giddapahar's second flush 2018 a tea for almost any occasion... And a second flush that for friends of black teas from Darjeeling's…
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.…
The early first flush of the sustainably operating Ringtong tea garden is a typical product of modern first flush processing in Darjeeling. As such, it focuses on emphasizing the teas of this picking´s specific spring character. Accordingly, the tea caresses the tea drinker's senses with a captivating scent of fresh flowers and delicately sweet notes. On the palate, the golden-yellow…
As usual, also this year's summer picking of Goomtee Darjeeling tea estate convinces with uncompromising boldness and full body. At this, much of the estate's FF's floweryness is still present in this early Second Flush. This floweryness, however, is already wrapped in the deep, pronounced sweetness of the summer pickings. The result is a Goomtee Second Flush 2019 Classic Muscatel…
Just like Jungpana's first and second flushes, the overall taste of the Darjeeling tea garden's autumnals are characterized by full-bodiedness and well-balanced spicyness. 2019's Jungpana Autumn Flush combines brisk muscatel notes with malty and fruity sweetneess to a complex composition that helps this tea to an elevated level of individualtiy and class within its kind. For more information and illustrations,…
The 8th and therewith one of the earliest invoices 2023 of Jungpana tea garden in Darjeeling! That is, the tea of the still very young spring's 8th picking day, a dream of every Darjeeling tea lover: extremely rare, equally precious, and: beyond any recall! A firework of intense floral, spring-fresh flavors from one of Darjeeling's most tradition-rich and finest tea…
Like other seasonal teas of the estate, the Jungpana Second Flush is one of the best choices among Darjeeling summer pickings. Many Darjeeling lovers will consider the traditional processing of Jungpana Second Flush as a black Darjeeling tea in the classic sense as beneficial. Up to 3 minutes, a harmonious composition of fruity-sweet and tart muscat notes characterizes the second…
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…
Makaibari Oolong Second Flush is the premium selection of the most recent summer picking at Makaibari Tea Estate, Darjeeling, India. Full-bodied, with round and soft mouthfeel and without and bitterness or astringency even with extended infusion periods. sun-drenched sweetness, a malty base character and light muscatel notes merge with the terroir's characteristic earthy-mineral compounds to create an overall picture that…
Margaret’s Hope First Flush 2022 FTGFOP1 SPL is the highest leaf and quality grade of the first spring picking of „Margaret’s Hope“ tea estate in Darjeeling, India. The altitude of nearly 2000 meters, the Darjeeling sun, best (hand) picking standard (2+1) and the careful processing as whole leaf make this estate's spring picking one of the finest Darjeeling highland teas.…
Margaret’s Hope Second Flush FTGFOP1 HS is the estate's summer picking's highest leaf and quality grade. Being a rather "exceptional one" among Darjeeling's summer flushes, it surprises with powerful brut notes. This said, much of the floweriness and sweetness of the estate's first flush appears to have given way to mineral and earthy notes. Nevertheless - or maybe even just…
