North Tukvar ( Clonal Exclusive) LC-1 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2019

A very well crafted premium quality 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea plucked from the pure young P312 clonal bushes of this wonderful plantation of Darjeeling. The dry leaves are very well crafted as a result of which it has a very wiry leaf appearance with a lot of small size silver tips in it. The dry leaves gives out very delicious aroma of sweet sugar cane, green apples and sweet dry dates in this state. This is the 1^st batch of exclusive high quality Darjeeling tea that rolled out of this garden this year.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup give light yellow liquor. Each sip is flowery and smooth which reminds of white rose petals and peaches with undertones of honey and fennel seeds and leaves a lingering sweet and flowery aftertaste on the palate.

Balasun sftgfop-1 Flowery LC-1 Drajeeling tea 1st flush 2019

An excellent quality premium 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea plucked from the pure china bushes of this high elevation premium garden of Darjeeling. The dry leaves are sorted bold in size and has fair amounts of silver tips in it. The dry leaves gives out delicious aroma of fresh flowers, freshly baked cup cakes and dry fruits. This is the 1^st batch of premium Darjeeling tea to roll out of this garden this year.

   When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives light golden liquor. Each sip is very smooth and refreshing which reminds of freshly plucked exotic spring flowers, followed by sweet and nutty undertones which further leave a refreshing after taste on the palate.

An early season vintage style 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea which is simply perfect for the afternoon cup for its refreshing flavour and taste.

Risheehat Organic sftgfop-1 ch.Flowery LC-3 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2019

An exceptional high quality, classic style organic 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea, plucked from the selected high elevation pure china bushes of this most reputed tea garden of Darjeeling. The dry leaves are well sorted, wiry in appearance and have lots of tiny silver tips in it. The dry leaves gives out delicious flowery aroma of exotic flowers like white roses and lilies with a hint of raw mangoes and honey.

      When steeped for complete 4 minutes the cup gives out light yellow liquor. Each sip is delicious which reminds of exotic fresh flowers, followed by notes of honey, vanilla, ripe white grapes and sweet sticky rice and further leaves a sweet and refreshing bite on the palate.

A classic style early harvest 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea which will surely impress a true Darjeeling tea lover`s palate

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.

Sungma Organic Musk sftgfop-1 DJ 151 Darjeeling tea 2nd flush 2015:

Sungma Organic Musk sftgfop-1 DJ 151 Darjeeling tea 2^nd flush 2015:

     We are really glad to offer our 1^st selection of 2^nd flush 2015 Darjeeling tea from the organic Sungma tea estate of Darjeeling. This is one of the most reputed gardens of Darjeeling which belongs to the Jayshree tea & Industries group.

    

     Since Sungma tea estate is a very high elevation garden of Darjeeling and consists mostly of pure china bushes. It generally starts its 1^st flush harvest late but during the 2^nd flush it produces some of the best Muscatel Darjeeling teas. This year Sungma produced its peak 2^nd flush 2015 Darjeeling teas from 10^th of June 2015 onwards. We continuously tasted samples from various plantations from the last week of May 2015 and I must admit that I was very lucky to receive the sample of this awesome batch of tea from them.

     This particular batch is a classic style super premium organic Darjeeling tea plucked from the high elevation 100% pure china bushes of this prestigious plantation of Darjeeling.

    The dry leafs are extremely dehydrated in this state which is a true sign of a high quality muscatel 2^nd flush Darjeeling tea and are sorted small in size. The dry leafs gives out delicious aroma of fresh chocolates, ripe grapes and a hint of sandalwood in this state.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out reddish golden liquor with a blast of exotic fruity aroma of ripe grapes and peaches. Each sip is extremely fruity, smooth and leaves a rich muscatel taste on the palate as an after taste.

     A superb classic Darjeeling muscatel tea which will not only please a tea lover`s palate but will surely win a wine lover`s heart.

Gielle ftgfop-1 clonal Ex-1 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2014:

Gielle ftgfop-1 clonal Ex-1 Darjeeling tea 1^st flush 2014:

   This garden is situated in the Teesta Valley area of Darjeeling district and is situated at a height of 3000 feet above sea level. This garden has been making exceptional high quality Darjeeling teas for the past 4-5 years. This garden has newly planted clonal and china bushes which are being used to make some the finest black, green, oolong and white Darjeeling teas.

  

      We had offered some of the finest batches of black teas in our list last year and our tea lover friends have appreciated and demanded for the high quality teas once again this year.

     We are very pleased to offer this fine lot of tea and we guarantee its high quality aroma, taste and freshness.

      I`m sure Tea lovers will really like this batch of tea this year. The further details of this batch of tea from the Gielle tea estate is given on our website.

     

Teesta Valley ftgfop-1 Ex-1 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2014

Teesta Valley ftgfop-1 Ex-1 Darjeeling tea 1^st flush 2014

         Teesta Valley Tea Estate is one of the finest tea gardens in Darjeeling district. It is mostly famous for its high quality black and green teas. This plantation is on the eastern region of Darjeeling district. Mostly china bushes are found in this plantation. This is also one of the highest elevation gardens in Darjeeling, its slopes ranges from 2500 – 6500 feet above sea level.

     This year we have procured the 1^st and one of the best lots from this estate. This is a  very  well made tea from the highest elevation china bushes of this world famous plantation in Darjeeling. The dry leafs are bold, well twisted and has a very unique flowery aroma in this state. The dry leafs are slightly dark in colour since it has been plucked from the highest elevation fields of this plantation.

     When steeped for complete 4 minutes the cup release light yellow liquor. Each sip reminds of exotic flowers like rhododendrons and jasmine which further ends with a sweet rosy after taste.

 

    An extremely flowery and refreshing tea !

Margaret`s Hope china spl. MTC -1 / 1st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea

Margaret`s Hope china spl. MTC -1 /  1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea

    As the days are passing by in the month of March more and more exceptional teas are being made in Darjeeling. We have received an excellent tea from the Margaret`s Hope tea estate in Darjeeling. This estate is known world over for its exclusive high quality Darjeeling teas. It mostly concentrates on making high quality black teas but also makes some very fine white teas and green teas.

   This is the 1^st line of pure 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea that has rolled out from this world renowned tea plantation. This particular batch of tea has been plucked from the pure china bushes of the high elevation section of the plantation.

   The dry leafs are extremely bright greenish in appearance which is a true identity of a top class early harvest Darjeeling tea.

 In one sentence I must admit that we are really very happy to have this wonderful tea in our list.

The further details for this tea is given on our website.

Puttabong Organic Moondrops 1st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea:

Puttabong Organic Moondrops 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea:

     We are once again delighted to offer this super premium Darjeeling tea from this prestigious plantation of Darjeeling. Since the Puttabong tea estate is a very high elevation tea plantation in Darjeeling, it starts off with its 1^st flush teas slightly late than the other estates in Darjeeling. It has turned 100% organic since last 4 years. This prestigious plantation belongs to the Jayshree group of Company, India and is managed by some of the finest tea planters in the Darjeeling tea industry.

      This plantation is managed by Mr. Somani (Superintendant for the Puttabong and North Tukvar tea estates) who is a very popular and excellent tea maker.

     I was continuously in touch with Mr. Somani from the mid week of February for this particular batch of tea. Since the Puttabong Tea Estate is a very famous Darjeeling tea manufacturing garden so premium tea sellers from around the world are always in search for great batches of tea from this plantation. Especially a batch like this one has a crazy demand by the tea lovers around the world.

      I sincerely thank the management of this plantation for giving us the opportunity once again to market this awesome batch of tea once again as this is the 1^st batch of pure 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea that has rolled out from this plantation this year.

    This premium batch of tea has been given a very special care by the tea makers of this plantation while manufacturing it. This tea is plucked from the high elevation, 100% AV2 clonal bushes of the plantation. It has been plucked at the early hours of the morning when the dew drops were present on the leafs. Only one leaf and a bud have been plucked to make this tea.

    The further detail of this tea has been given on our website. We can guarantee all tea lovers that this is a super awesome tea which will be appreciated by all tea lovers around the world.

Dooteriah sftgfop-1 Royal DJ-1 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2014

Dooteriah sftgfop-1 Royal DJ-1 Darjeeling tea 1^st flush 2014

    We are really happy to offer the 1^st lot from this high elevation garden in Darjeeling. Dooteriah tea estate is one of the tea estates in Darjeeling which has fully matured china bushes. Over the years we have seen this garden making exceptional batches of tea. Our regular clients have enjoyed and appreciated teas from this garden in the past especially the batch from autumn 2013 was my personal favourite.

       I am very much thankful to Mr Yogdeep Gurung (General Manager) of Dooteriah and Kalej valley Tea estates for offering this batch to us. This particular batch of tea was plucked from the high elevation slopes of this plantation painfully by the expert pluckers of this plantation. Selective plucking was done to pluck only the tender most shoots and buds from the bushes to produce this awesome lot of tea.

     This fantastic lot of tea has created a benchmark for high quality teas that will be added to our list of teas later when we get more samples from other gardens.

     I personally love this tea and I am sure my tea lover friends will also like my choice as usual. The further details for this tea are given on our website.

Rohini (Exotic Spring) sftgfop-1 Ex-7 /Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2014

Rohini (Exotic Spring) sftgfop-1 Ex-7 /Darjeeling tea 1^st flush 2014

      The 1^st flush 2014 harvest started a bit early this year in the Kurseong valley of Darjeeling district. The Rohini tea estate in kurseong was the first to start off with the harvest. We are very lucky to taste each of the production samples from this plantation this year. The initial offerings were mixed invoices (with some winter leafs in it) but from the 6^th invoice this garden started producing the pure 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling teas. We are offering Rohini teas in our list after almost 3 years and I must admit that the quality standards of this garden have gone higher this year.

     We are offering the Rohini (Exotic Spring) sftgfop-1 Ex-7 (the 7^th lot) this year. This is a very small lot of about 50kgs. This particular batch was manufactured on the 4^th of March 2014 and I am sure this tea will taste and smell even better after it matures within next 10 days.

      The further character details of this batch of tea is given on our website and we guarantee all tea lovers for its high flavour and rich taste.

Dooteriah Muscatel DJ 263 sftgfop-1 / 2nd flush 2013 darjeeling tea

Dooteriah spl. Musk sftgfop-1 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

        I am really happy to offer this fantastic lot of muscatel Darjeeling tea from the Dooteriah and Kalej Valley Tea Estate of Darjeeling. I must say that we are very lucky to have a tea like this in this season when the prices of the teas have gone high due to the sudden rains in Darjeeling which has made high quality tea making in 2^nd flush harvest a bit difficult.

           I sincerely thank Mr. Yogdeep Gurung (General Manager and a senior tea maker of the Dooteriah and Kalej Valley Tea Estates in Darjeeling. These group of gardens belong to the Alchemist group of companies in India) for making such an excellent batch of tea and offering us to taste the sample of this tea. The moment I strained the tea in my tea tasting cup I was truly pleased with this beautiful muscatel variety Darjeeling tea.

      This tea is a very well made tea plucked from the high elevation china bushes of this plantation. The dry leafs are well sorted and twisted and has a very fruity aroma of grapes, spices and slightly woody in this state.

       When steeped for complete 5 minutes this awesome tea releases bright golden/orange liquor in the cup. Each sip in the cup reminds of fruity notes of grapes  , oranges and slight hint of nuts which further ends with a dry muscatel taste on the palate.

           I assure all tea lovers that this is an exceptional muscatel variety 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea which is available at an extremely affordable price. As far as I have seen and tasted the different tea samples from various plantation in Darjeeling I`m sure this batch of tea is the most genuinely priced tea in this season.

Giddapahar spl.Musk sftgfop-1/DJ79-2nd flush 2012

Giddapahar spl.Musk sftgfop-1/DJ79-2^nd flush 2012

              We had been receiving samples from this plantation of Darjeeling from last year but for some reasons we had not been able to approve any of its teas. Similarly like other seasons we received a few samples from this 2^nd flush harvest also. I was really pleased to see and taste the lot no.DJ 79 tea sample as it is a very well made tea and it has really satisfied my palate.

              This excellent tea has been plucked from the pure china bushes of this plantation of Darjeeling at the peak period of 2^nd flush 2012 harvest. The dry leaves are well processed and have a delicious aroma of freshly baked cookies and bread in this state. When steeped for about 4 minutes and strained into a cup it gives out a slightly dark golden liquor in the cup. Each sip reminds of ripe and sweet grapes and further ends with a musky and mellow note on the palate.

           This is the best 2^nd flush muscatel lot that rolled out from this garden, this season and we guarantee that this exclusive tea will be appreciated by all tea lovers!

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!

Balasun and Sungma 1st Flush Darjeeling tea 2009
Its been a real adventure this 1st Flush choosing the right teas, now I would say it was easy to choose the high quality and expensive teas but getting some lower priced teas was a real challenge, and some average priced teas are also required to complete the list of teas this season, so we ordered samples from various plantation, like Thurbo, Goomtee, Arya and Singbulli, but all the teas from the month of April showed very dark appearances, I would rather call it a burnt and dehydrated character, I specially had great expectations from the Singbulli plantation but all the 6 or 7 samples did not do any wonders for me, so I finally called up Mr. A.K. Jha ( Superintendent) of Sungma and Balasun Tea Estates, he had send us many samples, some were teas from pure china bushes and some were assamese hybrid bushes but more or less the teas were not up to the mark but I could finally choose 2 teas from Balasun and Sungma and would say it was a complete luck for me to get these teas, as these 2 teas were exceptionally excellent during this period of time, the 1st one is Sungma sftgfop-1 china classic Dj-16, an excellent offering having slightly darker leafs and has a well twisted leafs and full sized buds, the cup is pungent and smooth with hints of young pears without any bitterness, the other one is my personal favourite,the Balasun sftgfop-1 china classic Dj-16,it’s a really excellent tea having very bright leafs and small sized shiny sliver tips, the cup is extravagantly fruity and the after taste is extremely mellow, so I must say that even in low price I could offer 2 great teas in this hard harvest season

Darjeeling tea 2009: 1st Flush selections get even better

Darjeeling tea 2009: 1st Flush selections get even better


I think this year we have tasted more than 60 samples to get some 5-7 teas in our list of 1st Flush 2009 teas. Well talking about that I cannot stop myself from writing about our Gopaldhara clonal classic ftgfop-1 DJ-3 tea, actually we have been tasting tea samples from Gopaldhara tea estate since last Second Flush 2008 but I was not excited with any of their teas so one fine day Rishi (the owner of Gopaldhara) called me up asking why I was not ordering any teas from them and I told him the reasons that was stopping me from promoting any of their teas, so he promised me that he would send some good Gopaldhara tea samples that could fit in my list of fine Darjeeling teas, so during the 3rd week of March as usual I received a large sample packet of Gopaldhara tea samples and as usual I thought it would contain teas that would not fit my taste buds, but my father asked me to open the tea sample packet and we went through at least 6-7 Gopaldhara and Rohini tea sample but none of the teas were appealing, at the corner of the sample packet there was this Gopaldhara ftgfop-1 clonal classic DJ-3 tea sample pouch, so to give it a try I opened the sample pounch and WOW!…..I was excited to see this tea, this was exactly what we were looking forward to, in this hard season ,it was hard withered to keep that greenish and tender look on the tea and one should also consider the hard withered teas in this season as it’s a sacrifice of quantity when the tea is hard withered meaning the quantity of tea leaves goes down. The dry leafs were amazing and with a slight blow of warm air from the mouth on the leafs gave out a very fruity aroma and when the tea is further brewed for about 4-5 minutes, the cup immediately give out some refreshing fruity flavor with slight hints of young green bananas and white grapes, must say ….an absolute beautiful tea of the season!
Also on the other side I agree that good teas are available in a very limited quantity this 1st Flush season but one cannot say they are not available at all, I was very sad to see blogs written by so called tea wise people that the 1st Flush 2009 Darjeeling teas are not very good, well I don’t mind consumers writing about it as they get this news through some news website or magazine etc. who keep their homework incomplete, but even tea merchants write this type of blogs which even they know that is not fully true and by writing this they get an advantage of getting rid of their old teas in the same high price and may be they do not want to spend their money on good teas as good teas costs good price…..anyways I`m proud to write that I’ve been able to cater good teas this season too as its been over 1 month that I been tasting various samples and choosing the right teas and also I’ve been able to prove the point wrong that 1st Flush 2009 Darjeeling teas are not up to the quality level due to drought, I would request all tea lovers to follow their own mind and choose teas from us instead of following blogs of people who have no idea about what they are blogging about…or may be merchants who are blogging to escape the heat of investment for good teas this season!

Exclusive Darjeeling White tea 2008

This harvest season we have been able to procure some of the finest Darjeeling White teas and I must admit after a long time we have been able to procure what we actually wanted. A cup filled with the magic of freshness!


Okayti (Silver Tips) white tea: A rare and unique offering of the year, this tea is plucked from the youngest clonal bushes of this wonderful tea plantation of Darjeeling, all the process involved in manufacturing this tea is done manually, especially each silver tip is hand rolled very carefully by expert tea makers of the garden and its done in such a way that each tiny hair remains prominent on each silver tip which gives that extra ornamentation to the tea, this tea should be steeped for 6 minutes to get that extremely refreshing aroma and slight delicate taste of fresh pears and white grapes that ends with exceptionally mellow after taste, this rare white tea has all the health benefits of a very high quality Green tea and is one of the best of its kind in the world.
Champagne of teas among exceptional and rare Darjeeling teas!

Arya white pearl/organic: This is one of the rare premium organic tea made in Darjeeling by one of the famous plantation in Darjeeling, which is totally hand made and no machines are used at any stage of the production of this tea, each two leaf and a bud is plucked by the expert tea pluckers of this plantation at the early hours of the morning when there is sufficient dew on the leafs from young bushes that has natural floral character. The leafs are then spread very thinly in sunlight for about 4 hours to allow the moisture to be evaporated. About 8-12 leafs are rolled at a time in fine silk cloth for about 5-6 minutes to ensure a slight rupture of enzymes while retaining most of the “two leaf and a bud” shape of the leaf. This tea should be steeped for about 6 minutes to get that extremely floral and fruity aroma and as the leafs are unbroken, the tea immediately gives that smooth and sweet taste on the palate with each sip and the liquor of the tea is similar to the color of the white pearl.
A superb quality tea that’s hard to be imitated!

Darjeeling Tea: White tea 2008

Well, I really do not know how to start this blog, since I grew up in a tea trading family, and I always learned so much from my father about Darjeeling black teas as in his time Darjeeling was always famous for black teas only, the specialty section of Darjeeling Whites, Greens and Oolongs came into existence in terms of Market Demand only after the year 2002 when Tea Lovers all around the globe wanted something new from Darjeeling, so different great tea makers from various gardens in Darjeeling started making this specialty section which of coarse was not really very tongue friendly for a common tea drinker, as when initially people tried this teas they missed that typical Darjeeling character in the cup as everybody knew Darjeeling tea for its Muscatel flavor and round body character , but as time passed by, the tea makers started creating the floral character in the specialty tea which was accepted world wide by various tea lovers
, This was successful due to the young bushes better known as clonals, as clonals are more mellow and floral in character than the usual china and Assam hybrids. But making these teas got extremely difficult as only special experienced hands could be used to pluck the most tender shoots and buds, as these rare teas cannot be made with just any leaf from the garden but only from the special young bushes from the special section of the gardens, so this is the reason why specially Darjeeling Green and White teas are so Rare.
This season we got a big demand from all our regular customers for Darjeeling white teas, so keeping the demand in mind and maintaining the same reputation of excellent teas in the list, we are presenting the Okayti Silver tips White tea and the Arya Pearl Organic White tea, both are extremely rare white teas and both have their own unique characters, further details regarding these teas are given in our main site, so I hope as usual I’ll succeed in satisfying my most valuable customers.

Darjeeling tea 2nd Flush 2008: A different experience

Well as I’ve always mentioned in my earlier posts that this year due to the agitation in Darjeeling, it was really difficult to procure the good teas in Darjeeling, especially the early invoice teas, so on the 26th of June I had to leave for Kolkata as one of our very important buyer was supposed to come to India to buy the 2nd Flush teas and on the other side it was clever to go to Kolkata and get the teas direct from the garden’s head offices as during the mid of June Darjeeling town was closed due to the agitation and all the good invoice teas were sent forward to Kolkata for auction and private sales, I would definitely say that it was a “narrow escape” for us to go to Kolkata for the purchase of excellent 2nd Flush teas as there was hardly any choice in the gardens as all the teas were sent forward to Kolkata for sales and sadly many local vendors from Darjeeling had to buy whatever was available at the gardens,I`m not saying they are selling something bad but a tea lover will always find the difference. Anyways, soon our good friend and buyer arrived from Europe and we straightaway headed for the tea tasting sessions, we started with some fine Castleton ftgfop-1 samples which were really good and our friend brought a full line of it some 108kgs, the Puttabong lines were also interesting specially their KKRAMSK lines, we all looked at each other and smiled while tasting these lines as once the superintendent of the Sungma tea estate had claimed that only his garden makes this type of musk but now all Jayshree gardens are claiming the same, coming to Singbulli teas I must admit that the overall average of about 25 teas in the offering for the auctions were fairly good as the teas were much better than their 1st Flush harvest, also very interesting for me was while tasting some Singell tea samples, we always thought that this garden makes some classic Darjeeling teas as they never sold their teas through auctions and rather went for private sales but I was discouraged to see the way the teas were sorted and also the cup was not satisfying at all as the rolling was not properly done, not even in one sample we could find a clean tea so this was the reason I kept all my customers away from these teas. We were very happy to see the Sungma teas, especially the clonals, they were absolutely delicious and we have also brought one lot especially for our mail order clients, I`m sure they will enjoy the Sungma clonal tea very much. There were many other teas that we tasted that I cannot think of at the very moment but it was an overall exciting experience for all of us to attain the Darjeeling tea auction Sale No. 27/2008 and especially our buyer friend was very happy to see how many companies sit together and bid for the teas, in my opinion it is also a test for your tea tasting skills as you will know about your choice when others bid for it, meaning you’ll know exactly how many other seller were ready to buy the tea that you liked the most.

Best of 2nd Flush 2008 Darjeeling teas: Risheehat and Castleton 2nd Flush 2008

Castleton (Muscatel/ftgfop-1/Exclusive) DJ-139: during the period of 2nd Flush this premium plantation of Darjeeling makes some of the finest muscatel teas that most of the tea connoisseurs look upon to, this particular batch rolled out of the garden during the peak harvest season so its termed as “ Exclusive” meaning the best of all the batches of Muscatels made during this harvest period, the dry leafs are small and almost similar in size and are sorted in a very clean manner and that extra shine on the leafs gives that majestic look to the tea, when steeped for around 5 minutes in the hot water, the aroma purely boasts of that extravagant muscatel flavor that rises high above the cup, giving that pleasant, pronounced and matured hints of dry fruits which further ends with a rich flavory after taste.

Risheehat classic musk (sftgfop-1/oolong type) DJ-130: A top of the line pure 2nd Flush oolong style Darjeeling tea having extra-bold unbroken leafs and buds plucked from the highest elevation slopes of the garden, when steeped the cup boasts of that aggressive musk flavor with an extremely sweet after taste that ends with each sip.
A true tea connoisseur’s delight and the tea grower’s pride!

Risheehat (flowery/sftgfop-1clonal) DJ-145: this is a very special and small batch of excellent tea made for us from the youngest bushes of this wonderful plantation of Darjeeling, the dry leafs are totally unbroken and comprises of long unbroken young shoots and buds, when steeped the high floral refreshing aroma rules the cup that ends with a very pronounced fruity after taste that dominates the palate for a long time.

Castleton (Moonlight) DJ-140: this is one of the most popular tea that we had to order due to the high demand from our customers, this tea is plucked from the pure AV-2 type clonal bushes from the highest elevation clonal section of the plantation named “allay”. The tea comprises of atleast 60-70% golden unbroken tips, which is purely hand rolled by expert tea makers of the plantation. The cup is extremely refreshing with pronounce notes of ripe grapes and the after taste that clearly reminds of high quality Darjeeling tea craftsmanship.
A top of the line as usual!