An approach to 1st flush 2014 Darjeeling teas

An Approach to 1^st Flush 2014 Darjeeling teas:

  We are all very excited in the Darjeeling hills to see the winter pass away since the much awaited 1^st flush 2014 crop season is about to start. We are also expecting a fantastic 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea harvest this year as we have received at least 2 winter rainfalls this year. This is a great sign for a successful harvest this year. It has also rained during the month of February in Darjeeling after almost 5 years.

          The 1^st flush season for every Darjeeling estates is very important as this is the main harvest which fetches them high prices for their quality production. Some of the gardens in the lower portion of Darjeeling hills starts producing their 1^st flush teas by March 1^stweek but the teas produced and offered before the mentioned period is mostly mixed leafs from the winter harvest and very small amount of real 1^st flush teas are produced before the 1^st week of March.. For a true 1^st flush harvest every garden has to get rid of the old leafs of winter from their bushes and once the whole section of the plantation gets rid of their old leafs then the real and true 1^st flush harvest starts and we have noticed from last 2 decades that this harvest never starts before 1^st week-2^nd week of March.

         It is slightly warmer now in February in Darjeeling than the month of January and the right temperature difference between day and night for a good 1^st flush crop is about 9-11 degrees Celsius. Teas produced from the lower elevation garden looks more green in colour since the leafs contains more chlorophyll and the teas produced from high elevation are slightly darker is colour and contains lots of silver tips.

         A very good and well made 1^st flush tea should have well twisted greenish leafs and lots of silver tips. The liquor of the tea should be light golden (almost like champagne) colour and the aroma should be tenderly flowery/ fruity and a slight astringency should remain on the palate as an after taste.

   

          We have already started tasting some samples from few low elevation gardens in Darjeeling and personally feel that the true 1^st flush have not started coming yet. As usual we are eagerly waiting for exclusive 1^st flush teas from high elevation and reputed plantations of Darjeeling.

         We request all our valuable tea lover friends who have been blindly trusting us and buying our high quality teas from us from our online store or our retail store in Darjeeling to have patience and wait our list of true and high quality 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling teas.

Kalej Valley ( upper ) sftgfop-1 DJ 852 and Dooteriah sftgfop-1 DJ 847 Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

Kalej Valley ( upper ) sftgfop-1 DJ 852 and Dooteriah sftgfop-1 DJ 847 Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

         The Kalej Valley and Dooteriah tea estate is located near the area named Sonada in Darjeeling district. These 2 wonderful gardens of Darjeeling are owned by the Alchemist group of India. Both these gardens are world renowned for their traditional Darjeeling black teas. Most of the plants in these plantations are “china origin” bushes.

      In the recent years these 2 plantations have really improved by making high quality Darjeeling teas which have been witnessed by various tea lovers around the globe.

     Mr.Yogdeep Gurung (General Manager of Dooteriah and Kalej valley Tea estate) who is also known as a fine Darjeeling tea maker had send us samples of few of his finest Autumn Darjeeling tea lots . We have carefully selected 2 of their finest lots and the descriptions are given below:

1. Kalej Valley (upper) sftgfop-1 DJ 852 Autumn flush 2013

A superb pure autumnal flush Darjeeling tea plucked from the high elevation pure china bushes of this wonderful garden of Darjeeling. The dry leafs are well sorted and has an exotic aroma of ripe fruits and sugarcanes in this state.

      When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out bright orange/golden liquor. Each sip leaves delicious hint of fresh fruits like ripe apples, guavas and leaves a slight hint of spices on the palate.

   A perfect tea to start the day!

2.Dooteriah sftgfop-1 DJ 847 Autumn flush 2013

A very well made tea, plucked from the pure china bushes by one of the oldest tea estates in Darjeeling. The dry leafs are sorted small in size and has a very delicious aroma of dry pine leafs and sweet sugarcanes.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out yellow/golden liquor. Each sip is very delicious which reminds of dry fruits like almonds and apricot and further ends with a dry musky after taste.

A classic Darjeeling autumnal flush tea!

We guarantee that these 2 teas are excellent Darjeeling autumn flush 2013 teas and really believe that they are true value for your money.

 

North Tukvar sftgfop-1 clonal Ex8/ Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

North Tukvar sftgfop-1 clonal Ex8/ Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

       North Tukvar Tea Estate is one of the oldest and the largest Tea plantation of Darjeeling. This wonderful plantation is blessed with Tea makers like Mr.Somani (Superintendant of North Tukvar and Puttabong tea estates)who has over the years manufactured and supplied the world of Darjeeling tea lovers with great high quality Darjeeling teas.

    

        The management of North Tukvar Tea Estate has planted a lot of young clonal bushes over the past 2 year and teas made from the P312 clonal bushes of this plantation are simply excellent. We have seen this garden making excellent teas from the last 1^st flush 2013 harvest and have been very happy with its teas.

      I had booked some of the finest autumn teas from this plantation in advanced and I am really delighted to get and offer the North Tukvar sftgfop-1 Clonal Ex8 /Autumn flush 2013 tea lot.

 

      This is a classic super quality Darjeeling tea made by one of the oldest plantation of Darjeeling. This exclusive tea has been plucked from the estate`s P312 clonal bushes and has a slightly dehydrated look in the dry leaf state as this is a pure autumn flush tea. The dry leafs has a very delicious aroma of ripe mangoes and dry pine leafs.

      When steeped for complete 5 minutes this excellent tea gives out bright golden orange liquor in the cup. Each sip is extremely fruity and leaves a unique nutty aroma on the tea lover’s palate.

    An exceptional super quality Darjeeling tea of the season.

An approach to autumn Flush 2013 darjeeling tea

The Autumn Flush harvest is the last and the final harvest of the year in the Darjeeling tea industry. This premium harvest period is awaited for a long time by both the tea lovers and the tea growers. This premium harvest takes place after the monsoon harvest which stretches from the month of July to 1^st week of October.

       This year we are expecting for the pure autumn flush teas to arrive after the 2^nd week of November 2013 as the “Dashera festival” has taken place on the mid weeks of October 2013 followed by a cyclone which has delayed this premium harvest.

        The Autumn flush harvest takes place for a very short period of time and the tea maker has to be very careful right from the beginning to the end of the tea production, as soon after this harvest the winter arrives and there is no tea production in Darjeeling in the whole of the winter season till the starting of March.

       A very good autumn tea should have a very dehydrated look in the dry leaf state and the aroma should be very matured and dry. The liquor in the cup should be slightly dark with rich after taste. The climatic conditions play a very vital role for the production of autumn flush teas. The temperature difference between the day and the night should be not more than 12-13 degrees Celsius. The autumn flush teas are normally high fired and fermented for a longer time than the 1^st and the 2^nd flush teas as a result of which these teas are richer in taste and has a longer shelve life.

This year we are expecting to have a great autumn flush harvest as there have been sufficient rains and the weather looks great at this point of time. We have already started to taste the samples from various plantations of Darjeeling and we will have the list of teas as soon as we receive the pure and fine autumn flush 2013 teas. Till then have patience and drink the fine teas that are already available in our list of premium teas!.

Risheehat Organic Musk sftgfop-1 DJ 128/ 2nd flush 2013 darjeeling tea

Risheehat Organic Musk sftgfop-1 DJ 128/ 2^nd flush 2013 darjeeling tea

   The Risheehat tea estate is one of the oldest plantations of Darjeeling and practices organic farming. Most of the bushes of this plantation are china origin bushes so most of the teas produced by this plantation are classic style Darjeeling teas. This plantation is divided into two sub divisions and they are the Risheehat and Liza hill subdivisions. Both the subdivisions are supervised by Mr.Jha (superintendant, tea maker, Jayshree tea ltd.)

       This year we have selected a classic style 2^nd flush tea from this planation.The dry leafs are well twisted and are smaller in size. The dry leafs gives out delicious aroma of sugarcanes, nuts and caramel.

         When steeped for complete 4 minutes the cup gives out bright orange liquor in the cup and a unique aroma of roasted peanuts can be felt on the nose. Each sip reminds of ripe grapes, slightly woody and ends with a sweet muscatel taste on the palate.

    We guarantee that this one of the finest quality classic muscatel Darjeeling tea variety from this reputed plantation of Darjeeling and is available at an extremely affordable price. We also assure that no other vendor can match with this tea`s quality and price.

 

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Castleton Muscatel Exclusive ftgfop-1 DJ 93/ 2nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

Castleton Muscatel Exclusive ftgfop-1 DJ 93/ 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

     I am really happy and excited to have and offer this lot of exclusive 2^nd flush 2013 Muscatel Darjeeling tea in my list of teas. The Castleton Tea estate is situated in the Kurseong valley of Darjeeling district at an altitude of 4000 feet. This area of Darjeeling district is famous mainly for its 2^nd flush harvest. Tea Lovers around the world claim that gardens in the Kurseong Valley of Darjeeling makes the best Muscatel variety teas.

        Last year all our tea lover friends had really liked the Castleton Muscatel 2^nd flush lot that we had offered. So this year the expectations were really high and I wanted to have a really peak time Muscatel lot from this garden but unfortunately from the end of May 2013 it started raining continuously for over 10 days and every sample we tasted were either a pre- 2^nd flush tea or a tea from the dormant period. Finally when we started having hot and sunny days from the 2^nd week of June 2013 we tasted almost every muscatel lot samples from Castleton. When finally on the last week of June we chose the Castleton Muscatel Exclusive ftgfop-1 DJ 93/ 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea lot.

      This is simply the best lot that rolled out of the garden, we guarantee that out of 22 Castleton Muscatel samples we tasted this really stands out to be the “Exclusive “lot.

     This premium lot of tea is plucked from the 100% pure china origin bushes of the “Gauri Shankar”division of this plantation. The dry leafs are extremely well sorted twisted and is wiry in appearance. The dry leafs has a rich aroma of chocolates and dates. When steeped for complete 4 minutes the cup releases rich golden liquor and rich flavour of ripe grapes raises high above the cup. Each sip is super smooth which reminds of chocolates, ripe grapes, mangoes and cherries which further leaves classic and sweet muscatel taste which stays on the palate for long time.

    A true classic Muscatel variety 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea which cannot be further replicated!

    

    

Thurbo Tippy Clonal Ftgfop-1 DJ 186 / 2nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

 Thurbo Tippy Clonal Ftgfop-1 DJ 186 / 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

       The Thurbo Estate is one of the largest tea estates of Darjeeling tea industry situated in the Mirik Valley of Darjeeling district. Reputed and world famous gardens like the Singbulli, Phuguri, Gopaldhara, Seeyok, Selimbong, Okayti and Thurbo Tea Estates are situated in the Mirik Valley. Since Mirik Valley is slightly warmer than other places of Darjeeling, the clonal varieties grows very well in this area and are also world famous for its high quality teas.

     We received the sample of Thurbo Tippy Clonal ftgfop-1 DJ 186/ 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea when we had almost finished choosing our list of 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling teas. The moment I opened the sample packed I was delighted to see the leaf appearance of the tea and the aroma that just came out of the sample packet felt like “heaven “in one word. The Thurbo Tea Estate has various varieties of clonal bushes and this awesome batch of tea is made from the P312 and S 1240 clonal variety. Also not to forget this excellent batch of tea is made by a master tea maker of the Darjeeling tea industry (Mr. J.D.Rai. Superintendant of the Goodricke group of tea gardens in Darjeeling).

   The dry leafs are well sorted and twisted and have a lot of shiny needle like silver tips. The dry leafs also gives out delicious aroma of honey, oranges and dry forest leafs in this state. When steeped for complete 4 minutes the cup gives out bright yellow/orange liquor and a unique rose like aroma raises high above the cup. Each sip is super smooth and reminds of exotic ripe oranges and pine apples.

      I assure all tea lovers that the moment you try this excellent tea you will simply fall in love with this one!