Giddapahar muscatel delight DJ 56 Darjeeling tea 2nd flush 2019

A very high quality 2^nd flush 2019 muscatel Darjeeling tea plucked from the pure china bushes of this wonderful garden, located at the high elevations hills of Kurseong valley of Darjeeling.

    The dry leaves are very well manufactured and are dark brown in appearance with some silver tips in it. The dry leaves gives out delicious aroma of freshly baked bourbon biscuits, hazelnuts and ripe grapes with undertones of spices and dry fruits.

     When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives a full bodied golden cup. Each sip is smooth and sweet which reminds of toasted nuts with slightly woody notes, ripe Muscat grapes and dates which further leaves an after taste of vanilla, exotic fresh flowers and dark chocolates on the palate.

A vintage style premium quality 2^nd flush 2019 muscatel Darjeeling tea which has a delicious musky aroma and rich fruity floral aftertaste.

Arya Organic Diamond 2nd flush 2019 EX 52 darjeeling tea

A superb, unique and high quality premium 2^nd flush 2019 organic Darjeeling tea crafted by one of the best renowned garden of Darjeeling. This premium batch of pure 2^nd flush tea is plucked from highest quality AV2 clonal bushes situated at the high elevation tea fields of this garden in Darjeeling.

    This top grade Darjeeling tea has well twisted bold size leaves which are dark coppery in appearance with bold silver and gold tips in it.

     The dry leaves gives out delicious ripe fruity floral aroma with undertones of freshly baked confectionaries, ripe and succulent mangoes, nectarines, citrus and musk.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives a bright and clear golden orange cup. Each sip is extremely smooth and sweet which reminds of ripe and succulent mangoes, ripe peaches and ripe apricots which further leaves a honey and musky aftertaste on the palate with undertones of freshly picked lemons.

A true jewel among the top class 2^nd flush 2019 Darjeeling teas which should not be missed by a true Darjeeling tea lover.

Upper Namring (Moon Ray) 2nd flush 2019 Darjeeling tea

A master crafted super premium pure 2^nd flush 2019 Darjeeling tea which is plucked from the high elevation and young AV2 clonal bushes of this beautiful garden of Darjeeling.

     The dry leaves are well twisted and wiry and come in shades of brown, burgundy and coppery in appearance and are sorted bold in size and also contains a lot of bold silver and gold tips in it. The dry leaves gives out delicious flowery aroma of red roses, fresh sweet freesia and tulip flowers with undertones of chocolates, muscatel grapes and sweet honey.

       When steeped for complete 5 minutes the two leaves and a bud unfold beautifully. Each sip is very smooth and lean in texture and has a very floral aroma in this state which reminds of freshly picked exotic flowers, with hints of stone fruits which further leave a prolonged aftertaste of succulent ripe mangoes and oranges with slight hints of vanilla and musk.

A majestic offering of the 2^nd flush 2019 Darjeeling tea harvest which is a rare find and  true champagne of the 2^nd flush 2019 Darjeeling tea harvest.

Arya Diamond Organic Ex30 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2019

A premium quality organic 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea made by one of the most reputed gardens of Darjeeling. This premium batch of Darjeeling tea is plucked from pure AV2 clonal bushes which grow on the steep hills of this high elevation garden. The dry leaves are wiry in appearance and have lots of small size silver tips in it. The dry leaves give out delicious aroma of freshly baked confectionaries like chocolate cakes, cookies and vanilla with slight citrus like undertones.

     When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out yellow liquor. Each sip is deliciously fruity which reminds of ripe mangoes, peaches, soy milk , sweet raisins and sweet strawberries which further leaves a lingering sweetness on the palate

    A true jewel from the organic Arya tea estate of Darjeeling!

Samabeong Spring Blossoms Organic DJ2 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2019

Samabeong Organic DJ2 (Spring Blossoms) 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea:

                 Samabeong tea estate is located in the kalimpong district of Darjeeling; this tea estate is situated at an elevation of 7000 feet and produces some of the most unique and delicious organic Darjeeling teas during various harvest seasons of Darjeeling.

   

      The teas produced by this tea estate are totally different from other teas estates of Darjeeling and is uniquely exotic and delicious. Every batch of tea that they produce has a deep fruity floral aroma and a pronounced taste. We have already seen the uniqueness of their teas in the past few years, especially the Samabeong Burgundy musk 2^nd flush 2018 was a massive hit in our catalogue, every tea lover friend of ours, appreciated this batch and we are still getting plenty of orders for this batch. One common complement that we are receiving from Tea Lovers around the world is it`s shelve life, each batch we have selected so far from Samabeong tea estate has matured very well over the time and even after 1 year from manufacturing date their teas have matured enough to taste even more  delicious. One can say from this character that Samabeong teas are very well manufactured.

  

        This year we had to wait a bit longer for the 1^st flush 2019 batches from this tea estate since this tea estate is located at a very high altitude and since we had regular rains, hail storm and snow fall in Darjeeling during the end weeks of February, so the climatic conditions were extremely cold in this area for tea cultivation. We received some very high quality samples during the 1^st week of April 2019 from a friend of ours and we immediately chose the Samabeong Organic Spring blossoms DJ 2 which is purely made from P312 clonal bushes. The dry leaves are very well twisted, rolled and sorted and has a lot of furry silver tips in it. The overall appearance of this exotic batch of Darjeeling tea is very wiry and clean.

      

       The dry leaves gives out delicious aroma of exotic fruits like raw mangoes, peaches and apricots with under tones of fresh sweet honey. When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out bright yellow liquor. Each sip gives a deep and rich taste of ripe mangoes, oranges, sweet muscat grapes and peaches with slight undertones of exotic spices and further leaves a prolonged sweet honey and lemony like after taste on the palate.

     We recommend all tea lovers to try this batch of excellent 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea and experience its uniqueness in rich fruity floral flavour and deep fruity taste.

Balasun ( Flowery) sftgfop-1 LC-2 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2018

A very fine quality 1^st flush 2018 Darjeeling tea plucked from the high elevation, pure china bushes from the special section of this vintage garden of Darjeeling. The dry leaves are slightly large in size and are well twisted and processed. The dry leaves gives out delicious aroma of dry fruits like walnuts, almonds and cookies.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out yellow golden liquor. Each sip is sweet and smooth and reminds of freshly picked rhododendron and marigold flowers and leaves slight hints of mint leaves and cookies on the palate.

A 1^st flush 2018 vintage Darjeeling tea which is perfect for the morning cup.

Upper Namring ( Premium) EX3 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2017

          We are really proud and glad to offer this lot of premium grade 1st flush 2017 early spring Darjeeling tea from the high elevation gardens of the Upper Namring tea estate of Darjeeling.  

         

       This is top of the line super Premium quality Darjeeling tea plucked from the 100% pure young clonal AV2 bushes from the high elevation clonal fields of this highly reputed garden of Darjeeling.

     The dry leaves are large and bold in size and are filled with 90% large silver tips in it. The dry leaves releases very delicious fruity aroma of sugarcane, white grapes and honey in this state.

     When steeped for completely 5 minutes the cup gives very light yellow liquor. Each sip reminds of fresh exotic flowers like roses and jasmine and leaves a smooth after taste of lemon and raw mangoes.

    True champagne of the 1^st flush 2017 Darjeeling tea harvest which should be tasted by all Darjeeling tea lovers.

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!

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

Margaret`s Hope Tippy Clonal ftgfop-1 MTC -15 Darjeeling tea 2nd flush 2015

Margaret`s Hope Tippy Clonal ftgfop-1 MTC -15 Darjeeling tea 2^nd flush 2015

       This is another very fine example of craftsmanship of exotic tea making in Darjeeling. This garden has been making exceptional teas from many years but particularly this year onwards we have tasted some of the most exotic batches from this estate of Darjeeling.

  

     This garden is situated at the sonada region of Darjeeling. This garden has some of the best young clonal bushes in Darjeeling and we are proud to present this particular batch of 2^nd flush 2015 from this estate of Darjeeling.

        An excellent batch of 2nd flush Darjeeling tea, plucked from the high elevation young AV2 and P312 clonal bushes of this prestigious plantation of Darjeeling.

  

    The dry leafs are sorted small in size and is filled with gold tips in it. The dry leafs gives out delicious aroma of fresh flowers like red roses, jasmine and a hint of freshly baked cup cakes.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out bright golden liquor. Each sip clearly reminds of fruity-floral notes of ripe pineapples, flowers like jasmine and leaves slightly nutty and citrus notes on the palate as an after taste.

 A well crafted pure 2nd flush Darjeeling tea which is simply smooth and delicious.

Giddapahar sftgfop-1 china spl. DJ 125 Darjeeling tea autumn flush 2014

Giddapahar sftgfop-1 china spl. DJ 125 Darjeeling tea autumn flush 2014

    We are really happy to offer a fine invoice of Autumn Flush 2014 Darjeeling black tea from this wonderful garden of Darjeeling as the 1^st offering of this premium harvest.

    

   Since we were continuously in touch with the tea makers of this plantation of Darjeeling right throughout the year, we were immediately informed about the 1^st round of pure and premium Autumn Flush 2014 teas by Mr Sudhangsu (the owner and tea maker) of the Giddapahar plantation of Darjeeling.

   

    We were offered about 4 samples, out of which we chose the best invoice and we are really thankful to the tea makers of this plantation for giving us the opportunity to cater this premium tea to the Darjeeling tea lovers around the world.

    This is an excellent quality autumn flush Darjeeling tea plucked from the high elevation china bushes of this old plantation of Darjeeling.

   

    The dry leafs are well sorted and high fired as a result of which the dry leafs are brownish in colour and has a rich flavour of chocolates in this state.

    

   

When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out a golden orange liquor.Each sip reminds of almonds and exotic spices and ends with a slightly woody and muscatel after taste on the palate.

     A delicious Darjeeling tea, perfect as a day starter!

Dooteriah Muscatel sftgfop-1 DJ 143 / 2nd flush 2014 Darjeeling tea

   We are really excited and happy to offer this awesome lot of exclusive 2^nd flush 2014 Darjeeling tea from the Dooteriah plantation of Darjeeling. Our tea lover friends around the world had appreciated the Muscatel teas from this plantation last year so we continuously tasted fresh samples from this plantation as we were eagerly waiting for a perfect 2^nd flush muscatel tea from this plantation. The climatic and soil conditions in this plantation was favourable for 2^nd flush harvest early this year so we received a peak time 2^nd flush lot from this plantation early this year.

      This is the Premium Dooteriah sftgfop-1 Muscatel DJ 143/ 2^nd flush 2014 lot. This classic style muscatel variety Darjeeling tea is plucked from the pure china bushes of this beautiful plantation in Darjeeling. The dry leafs are well twisted and sorted and has fair amounts of silver tips in it. The dry leafs has a very rich aroma of chocolates and dry fruits.

      When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup release dark golden liquor. Each sip reminds of ripe grapes and apples and leaves a very sweet and muscatel like taste on the palate.

      A Classic and Rich Muscatel variety Darjeeling tea which is perfect as a day starter and is available at a very reasonable price.

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!

    

    

Castleton Moonlight DJ -91/ 2nd flush 2013 darjeeling tea

Castleton Moonlight DJ-91/ 2^nd flush Darjeeling tea 2013-06-28

           The Castleton Moonlight tea has earned its reputation among high quality Darjeeling teas worldwide for its light cup and extremely fruity aroma. The name Moonlight is given to the tea as the tea maker claims that this tea is picked during the early hours of the morning when the dew drops are present on it for that extra fine plucking of the tea leafs to manufacture this awesome tea.

           The batch we are offering this season is Castleton Moonlight DJ 91. This is a peak season 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea. This excellent batch of tea is plucked from the finest quality young AV2 (Ambari Vegetal) clonal bushes which are famous for its extremely delicious flavour and taste. This batch of tea is plucked from the “Allay” section of the garden which has the best young clonal bushes in this plantation. The “Allay” section of this garden stands at an elevation of 4000 feet from the sea level. Also not to forget this awesome batch of tea is manufactured by some of the finest tea makers of Darjeeling tea industry. The Castleton Moonlight is high withered for the bright and bold look in the dry leaf state. This also makes the cup lighter and helps in longer shelve life. The oxidisation process is also shorter than usual Darjeeling teas for a typical light fruity cup but slightly more than an oolong, so this is to be noted that this is absolutely not an oolong tea.

The Castleton Moonlight DJ 91 / 2^nd flush 2013 is an excellent quality tea made and plucked from the young AV2 clonal bushes. The dry leafs are wiry in appearance and contains a lot of unbroken silver tips in this state. The dry leafs gives out an exotic aroma of exotic fruits, nuts and chocolates.

       When steeped for complete 4 minutes the cup gives out bright orange / golden liquor in the cup. Each sip reminds of fruity notes of apples, grapes and slight hint of honey and ends with a muscatel and lemony aftertaste on the palate

We have carefully selected this excellent batch of tea and I`m sure my tea lover friends will fall in love with this one!

An Approach to 1st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

          We are all very excited in the Darjeeling hills to see the winter pass away since the much awaited 1^st flush 2013 crop season is about to start. Last year since the winter started off early so all most all the gardens had to stop their tea production by the 1^st week of December 2012.

          The 1^st flush season for every Darjeeling estates is very important as this harvest 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^st week 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 leafs. 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 2013 Darjeeling teas.

          We will inform you all through newsletters and our Face book page.

Autumn Flush darjeeling tea 2012

Autumn flush 2012 Darjeeling teas

    The autumn flush Darjeeling tea harvest is one of the most eagerly awaited harvests of the year in the Darjeeling tea industry. This premium harvest will start from the November 1^st week of this year and we predict it will end by December 1^st week as it is getting very cold in Darjeeling every day from the 2^nd week of October 2012. The best autumn flush teas are harvest when the day and night temperature difference is about 10-11 degrees Celsius. The current temperature of Darjeeling is about 17 -19 degrees Celsius during the day and 10-11 degrees Celsius during the night.

        The autumn flush Darjeeling tea harvest is done after the 3 months of monsoon harvest in Darjeeling. During the monsoons the produced quantity of Darjeeling tea is high but the quality is not very high compared to the 1^st and the 2^nd flush harvests. So tea lovers and producers of Darjeeling tea eagerly await the arrival of this premium tea harvest.

       The dry leafs of the pure autumn teas does not have a very attractive ornamental look like the 1^st and 2^nd flush teas. The cup gives out very bright yellow liquor and the aroma is much matured and most of the teas during this harvest have a very unique woody and pine like aroma.

      We have already started to taste a lot of teas from various plantations in Darjeeling and we will offer the finest autumn flush Darjeeling teas as usual as soon as we receive the perfect teas.

An Approach to 2nd Flush Darjeeling tea 2012

An Approach to 2^nd flush 2012:

    The most premium harvest has just started in the Darjeeling tea Industry. It is known as the 2^nd flush harvest. In this harvest the word famous “Muscatel” teas are produced in Darjeeling. The Muscatel flavor in the tea is often compared with the Muscat wine or grapes by tea connoisseurs around the world and Darjeeling is known to produce the Best Muscatel Black teas in the world.

      Like any other harvests the soil and the climatic conditions plays a vital role in this harvest. For a perfect 2^nd flush tea the days should be hot and the nights have to be colder so that the shoots and the leafs gets dehydrated and the finest muscatel teas are produced from the most dehydrated leafs. The dry leafs of a good 2^nd flush tea should be brown/coppery in appearance with tiny gold tips in the china varietals and large and bold gold tips in the clonal varieties of Darjeeling teas.

       We have been tasting a lot of current tea samples from various gardens like Jungpana ,Goomtee,Castleton,Puttabong,Turzum,Sungma,Teesta Valley,Gielle etc. and we can confirm  that the best 2^nd flush teas will start coming in from the 10^th-15^th of June 2012 and all the teas being made before this time frame are pre-2^nd flush teas.

    As usual we request all our tea lover friends to have patience as we are working hard to procure the best 2^nd flush teas and as soon as we finish procuring our list of teas we will inform all our friends and I guarantee we will offer the best!

1st Flush 2011 Darjeeling tea -Barnesbeg Clonal Tips EX-1

1st Flush 2011 Darjeeling tea -Barnesbeg Clonal Tips EX-1 :

This exceptional clonal young tea caught my eyes when Mr.M.Pradhan (Manager) of Barnesbeg Tea Estate in Darjeeling offered me a sample of the 1st ever manufactured tea of their 100% young and pure AV2 clonal bushes which was planted 5 years ago in an area which has an altitude of 2500 feet from the sea level, the made tea is extremely tender and young and consists of full size silver tips, due to the tenderness of the raw leaves the manufactured tea is well rolled and sorted, this tea can be multiple steeped for at least 3 -4 times and each time the tea shows a different character in the cup, extremely fruity cup that finishes with a slight nutty and rosy after taste, This extremely limited quantity tea can also be enjoyed by white tea lovers.

Margaret`s Hope 1st Flush Darjeeling tea 2009

Margaret’s Hope 1st Flush Darjeeling tea 2009

As days past away hunting for good teas in various gardens in Darjeeling, I got a call from Mr. Anil Gurung (factory assistant) Margaret’s Hope Tea Estate that a couple of excellent batches of tea have just been made and I should be there by the early morning on the 21st of March 2009 as another big buyer from Japan was coming for the same tea, so I quickly took my camera and started my journey from Darjeeling to Margaret’s Hope, we were passing through some very steep road and beautiful scenery could be seen from the car’s window but I was actually getting impatient, finally I happened to reach the garden and I saw Mr. Anil Gurung and Mr. Pande (Manager of the garden) waiting for me, I immediately got down from the car and we all headed for the tea tasting room of the garden, after I reached there I came to know that the big Japanese buyer had given her bid for the teas and wanted the teas at any cost, so I was a bit nervous while we did the tea tasting but I must say both the teas were simply excellent, the first one that I was offered was the Margaret’s hope ftgfop-1 china spl.DJ-4 which was made from pure china origin (bushes grown from the seeds)leafs and shoots, had a very bright leaf appearance and the cup showed some very interesting fruity character and the most important factor regarding this tea was that it had an after taste of young fruits and flowers that remained on the palate for a long time so there was no turning back ,so we had a stiff bidding completion with the other Japanese buyer and luckily we got the tea, Infact I was very happy that I got a very nice tea in the time when there was very less amount of good teas in Darjeeling, the next tea was this tea called Margaret’s hope (Wonder) White tea, this tea is made exclusively made for us from young clonal bushes like AV2 and P312 by Mr. Gurung (factory assistant ,Margaret’s hope),with full unsorted long leafs and full sized buds, I must say it’s a master craftsmanship right from the tea plucker who carefully plucked the tender shoots and buds to the factory assistant who made the tea, its simply a beauty from dry leaf to the cup, a true champagne of the 1st Flush Darjeeling.