Runglee Rungliot sftgfop-1 (Imperial) Ex-1 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2016

Runglee Rungliot sftgfop-1 (Imperial) Ex-1 Darjeeling tea 1^st flush 2016

   It has really been an honour for us to taste and have the 1^st batch of Premium Darjeeling tea that rolled out from the garden this year. Mr Yogdeep Gurung who has joined this plantation as the Manager from this year has made some fantastic teas in this plantation which we had missed for many years. This is one of the most beautiful and a very old Garden of Darjeeling. This garden is famous for its classic Darjeeling teas made from its pure china bushes but now this garden is also known for its clonal/young teas made from its young clonal bushes, especially it`s RR clonal bushes. The term RR clone refers to Runglee Rungliot clone which was first conceived in this garden and now this clone of tea bush is also found at many others gardens of Darjeeling.

      We are really glad to offer this fantastic batch of tea from this garden this season and would also like to thank Mr. Yogdeep Gurung and company for giving us the opportunity to have this batch in our list this year.

    This particular batch is the top most quality early spring Darjeeling tea, plucked from the 100% pure RR (Runglee Rungliot) clonal bushes of this old and beautiful garden of Darjeeling. Only one leaf and a bud are plucked from the youngest clonal bushes to make this exceptional batch of Premium Darjeeling tea.

    The dry leafs are wiry, long and bold in size and has a large amount of unbroken silver tips in it. The dry leafs gives out fresh and delicious aroma of freshly plucked orchids and lily flowers.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out pale yellow/greenish liquor. Each sip is silky smooth which reminds of flowers like lily and dandelion followed by a slight hint of parsley and fennel seeds.

A rare Premium high quality 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea which is smooth, flowery and delicious!

Teesta Valley sftgfop-1 EX-1 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2016

    

       We are glad to have this excellent batch of Darjeeling tea in our list again this year. This is truly a rare tea grown at the peak time of the early 1st Flush 2016 Darjeeling tea harvest.

       This is a superfine quality 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea plucked from the 100% pure china bushes of this high elevation garden of Darjeeling. This is the 1^st batch of early season 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea that rolled out of this garden this year and probably the 1^st lot of premium 1^st flush tea made from pure china bushes in whole of Darjeeling.

    The dry leafs are dark greenish in appearance since this garden is situated in a very high elevation hill of Darjeeling and has a lot of tiny young shoots and buds in this state. The dry leafs gives out excellent fresh fruity-floral aroma in this state.

   When steeped for complete 4 minutes the cup gives a bright yellow liquor.Each sip reminds of freshly picked fruits like green apples, pine apples and white grapes and has a lingering sweet after taste.

     An early 1^st flush 2016 classic Darjeeling tea which will surely win a true Darjeeling tea lover`s heart!

Upper Namring ( Premium) sftgfop-1 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2016

Upper Namring ( Premium) sftgfop-1 Darjeeling tea 1^st flush 2016

We are very excited to offer this top batch of Darjeeling tea from this reputed garden of Darjeeling this year. This exotic clonal tea has been manufactured from young AV2 clonal bushes by the expert tea makers of this most reputed garden of Darjeeling grown at about 4500 feet altitude.

This superb batch of Darjeeling tea has been manufactured at highest level of expertise by the expert tea makers of this plantation.

The dry leafs contains more than 90% of bold unbroken white hairy silver tips. The dry leafs gives out an exotic aroma of walnuts, freshly plucked marigold flowers and sweet sugarcanes.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out light yellow liquor. Each sip is super smooth which reminds of freshly plucked marigold and jasmine flowers with a hint of nuts, as this tea cools down in the cup each sip leaves pronounced notes of exotic fruits like pineapples ,sweet mangoes and vanilla which further leaves a honey and citrus like taste on the palate as an aftertaste.

    I highly recommend all our tea lover friends to try this exotic batch of tea as this kind of tea is available in a very limited quantity each year and this superb batch of tea really defines the true meaning of a “rare “premium Darjeeling tea.

Glenburn sftgfop-1 Ex-2 DELICACY 1st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea

Glenburn sftgfop-1 Ex-2 DELICACY 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea

        We have added this awesome batch of tea from the Glenburn tea estate in our list this year. This plantation is famous for its young clonal bushes and speciality Darjeeling teas made from them. It has been some time since we have offered any teas from this plantation in the past. Our very good friend has joined this garden recently and he has been sending us the delicious 1^st flush samples from this plantation.

We are proud to taste and add the Glenburn sftgfop-1 Ex-2  DELICACY darjeeling tea 1^st flush 2016 lot to our list and assure all our tea lover friends that they will simply fall in love with this awesome batch of Darjeeling tea.

   This is an exclusive quality   1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea plucked from the young clonal AV2, T78 and P312 clonal bushes of this beautiful plantation of Darjeeling.

    Two leafs and a bud is very finely plucked from the young tea bushes and this made tea has been very nicely rolled and manufactured. The leafs are large in size which has bold silver tips in it. The dry leafs gives out delicious aroma of sugarcanes and jaggery in this state.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out bright yellow liquor. Each sip reminds of peaches with slight hints of raw mangoes followed by a sweet honey like after taste on the palate.

  A delicious early season Darjeeling tea which is a must try for a true Darjeeling tea lover!

Puttabong Organic Moondrops 1st flush 2016 darjeeling tea

  We are very glad and proud to have this super premium batch of tea in our list. We were continuously in touch with the Superintendant of the garden (Mr. Somani) and the factory assistant manager Mr Amit right from the month of early February 2016. We are buying the Puttabong teas for more than 20 years now, the tea makers exactly knew that we were simply looking for the top batch as usual. I am very thankful to the Superintendant of the garden and the factory assistant manager of this garden for giving us an opportunity to taste this batch of tea and have it in our list of teas. This is the first tea that rolled out of the Puttabong tea estate this year and this is also the 1^st batch of tea in our list of 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling teas.

This is a super premium quality organic early season 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea which is plucked from the young and tender AV2 and P312 clonal bushes of this prestigious plantation of Darjeeling.

   

     This premium batch of exclusive Darjeeling tea is plucked during the early hours of the morning when the dew drops were present on the young and tender shoots and buds on the tea bushes, as a result of which the made tea has about 80% bold and wiry silver tips in it. The dry leafs gives out extremely high aroma of freshly plucked flowers.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives light yellow golden liquor and a very delicious fruity- floral aroma raises high above the cup. Each sip reminds of exotic flowers like white roses and marigold and leaves a slight lemony note on the palate as an after taste.

     A majestic tea of the year which is surely a tea makers pride and a tea lover`s delight!

An approach to 1st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea

An approach to 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea:

   It has been a very dry and cold winter in Darjeeling after the autumn flush harvest in Darjeeling since last weeks of December 2015. We received a very good rainfall on the 10^th of February 2016 which is surely a very good sign for the upcoming 1^st flush 2016 Darjeeling tea harvest. It’s very difficult to choose the right 1^st flush Darjeeling tea during the initial stage of the 1^st flush harvest as the amount of the fresh leaves and shoots on the tea bushes are very limited and most of the lots produced during this period often contains some winter leafs in it and if one is really in a hurry to get the 1st flush teas of the initial stage of the this harvest then he/she can land on buying a mixed lot or a batch of winter and spring mixed Darjeeling tea.So one has to be very careful while choosing the teas.

      Since we are in this trade for the last 70 years and have been tasting the samples of different teas right from the beginning to the end of the harvest each year we have seen that once the few rounds of plucking is done properly during this harvest we can get rid of the winter leafs   and only then we expect to get the fresh shoots and buds from the tea bushes which is actually used to make the 1^st flush Darjeeling teas.

    We have tasted few samples from few of the gardens of Darjeeling and Dooars and can say that this year the 1^st flush harvest is a bit late. We expect that we will get the early 1^st flush teas from the clonal bushes like the AV2, P312, and BB157 etc. The 1^st flush teas from the pure china bushes will take some time to arrive as the china bushes usually takes some time to conceive the new leafs and shoots during the early spring due to cold and dry conditions during this time.

     A pure and good 1^st flush Darjeeling tea should have a bright greenish appearance, filled with tiny white silver tips. The cup should give out bright yellow liquor in the cup with fruity-floral aroma with a bit of astringency at the end of each sip.

 As usual we will taste and only procure the early season pure and true first flush teas and start offering them to our tea lover friends all around the world through our website. Till then we request you to keep visiting us at our website www.teaemporium.net and our official face book page www.facebook.com/teaemporium