Kalej Valley (Upper) sftgfop-1 ch. DJ-3/1st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

Kalej Valley (Upper) sftgfop-1 ch. DJ-3/1^st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

         We are very proud as well as happy to offer a superb lot of 1^st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea from this plantation of Darjeeling. Kalej Valley and Dooteriah plantation in Darjeeling belongs to the Alchemist group of companies. The Kalej Valley tea estate is situated at a height of 2800 feet from the sea level and has china (camellia sinensis) bushes which are over 80 years old in age and are extremely matured and conceives some of the finest traditional Darjeeling teas during every harvest season.

        We are extremely happy to provide this lot of tea as we are seeing each season that most of the high quality exotic teas are being produced from the young clonal bushes and clonal teas are known for one distinct character either it is fruity with notes of different fruits or flowery with hints of aroma of different flowers. The teas made from the old china bushes does not have ornamental  look like the clonals but has multiple layers of flavours within a single cup of tea if the tea is manufactured properly.  Slight mistake during the manufacturing of a tea plucked from the china bushes often makes the tea astringent in the cup or sometimes simply bitter.

     We are really thankful to Mr. Gurung (Senior Manager) of the Kalej Valley and Dooteriah tea estates for giving us an opportunity to taste an excellent tea like this and to be very honest we have seen a perfect china variety 1st flush tea made so perfectly after many years.

    This tea is plucked from 100% pure china bushes of this high elevation garden in Darjeeling. The dry leafs and shoots of this early lot of tea is greenish in appearance and has a bold look in this state. The dry leafs also releases mouth watering and delicious aroma of almonds and dry pine leafs in this state. When steeped for about 3 minutes this exceptional tea gives out bright yellowish liquor in the cup. Each sip reminds of fruity hints of green apples, cherries and guavas and ends with mellow after taste.

       I am personally very satisfied with this lot of traditional 1^st flush 2013 darjeeling tea and I am sure my tea lover friends will like it too!

Gopaldhara Wonder Tea 1st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

Gopaldhara Wonder tea 1^st flush 2013:

       I am really excited to offer this premium lot of exclusive 1^st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea from the Gopaldhara plantation of Darjeeling. The Gopaldhara plantation in Darjeeling is situated at the Mirik Valley of Darjeeling District. It is situated at an elevation of 3200 feet from the sea level and is famous for its young clonal teas specially made from the AV2 and P312 clonal tea bushes.

         This exclusive tea is a very small batch of tea manufactured after the yellow/winter leafs was cleared from tea bushes. This batch is plucked from the 100% young clonal AV2 clonal bushes of this plantation. The leafs were withered for over 36 hours on the withering beds as a result of which it has a very bright greenish appearance and consists of bold silver tips.

        When this excellent tea is steeped for 3 minutes. It gives out light and bright yellowish/greenish liquor in the cup. Each sip is extremely fruity and with each sip one can immediately feel the hints of mangoes, ripe bananas and pineapples which further ends with a fruity and sweet aftertaste on the palate.

        I am really very thankful to Mr. Rishie Saria (The Owner and a planter) for offering this lot to us and I also congratulate him and his team of tea makers for creating such an excellent lot of tea.

     This is an excellent tea of the 1^st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea harvest and I assure all tea lovers that this excellent batch of tea really stands up to its name Gopaldhara Wonder Tea.A real wonderful tea.

North Tukvar Clonal Delight sftgfop-1 /LC -1/ 1st Flush 2013 Darjeeling Tea

North Tukvar Clonal Delight sftgfop-1 LC-1 / 1^st flush 2013 Darjeeling

       We are once again very happy to have this excellent lot of 1^st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea in our list of teas. After rejecting several samples from this plantation last month finally we have found the tea we were expecting from this traditional garden in Darjeeling.

  

        North Tukvar is actually a very big tea garden in Darjeeling and it took about 20-25 days to clear all the yellow/winter leafs from its bushes and finally we were offered the first sample of the pure 1^st flush 2013 tea from this plantation and without any doubt as soon as I tasted the tea I fell in love with this one. Tea Lovers who liked the Puttabong clonal queen 1^st flush 2012 last year from our list will definitely fall in love with this one.

        This particular batch of tea is plucked from the AV2 and BB 157 young clonal bushes of this plantation which are very young. The young clonal bushes were planted in the year 2008 so the made tea is very attractive in appearance and has a very high aroma in the cup and also in the dry leaf state.

       I and my team of tea tasters are working very hard to procure the finest teas. On an average we are choosing 1 out of 9-12 tea samples which are being send by the gardens every day.

      I am sure my tea lover friend will like this batch of tea too. I can guarantee that this is one of the champagne of teas in the 1^st flush 2013 Darjeeling tea harvest.

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.