Glenburn Moonshine elite Ex-11 Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2020

This year the Glenburn tea estate started their 1^st flush harvest a bit early so we had the opportunity to taste a lot of tea samples from them, we would also like to thank them for giving us the opportunity to taste the tea samples right from the 1^st batch was made. This year we waited a bit longer as we wanted to procure the Moonshine batch of Darjeeling tea made from pure AV2 cultivar without any mix of other cultivars in it. We procured 2 batches of Glenburn Moonshine batches this season and they are EX11 and EX12.

    We are offering the EX11 on our website which we feel is a great tea. It is an exceptional and premium quality early season 1^st flush 2020 Darjeeling tea plucked from pure and young AV2 clonal bushes of this beautiful garden of Darjeeling. This is the 1^st lot of pure 1^st flush 2020 AV2 clonal Moonshine Darjeeling tea to roll out of this garden this year.

    The dry leaves are bright green in appearance and have a lot of bold unbroken silver tips in it. When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out light and bright yellow liquor.

    Each sip is super delicious which reminds of exotic flowers like white rose petals and white lilies with undertones of candied fruits, sweet raisins and fresh sweet honey which further leaves an aftertaste of dry coconut and citrus on the tea lover`s palate.

An approach to 1st flush 2020 Darjeeling tea

An approach to 1^st flush 2020 Darjeeling tea:

    The 1^st flush 2020 Darjeeling tea harvest has started a bit early this year in few of the gardens situated in the foothills of Darjeeling. The high elevation tea growing areas of Darjeeling has received a good amount of winter rainfall too. So, we can expect to have a very good 1^st flush harvest from both the high and low elevation gardens of Darjeeling this year.

    The most important factor of a good 1^st flush harvest are the amount of rainfall the tea bushes receives during the winter period, also the day and night temperature difference plays a vital role for the new shoots and buds to grow. The warmer climatic conditions during the early and mid spring season help the tea bushes to conceive good quality young shoots and buds.

   The 1^st flush harvest in Darjeeling stretches from late February to mid weeks of May. The best quality teas produced during this period is always plucked as two leaves and a bud during the early 1^st flush period i.e. mid weeks of February to the mid weeks of March. The reason behind this thumb rule is that in the 1^st flush harvest tea lovers look for a certain character in the tea and i.e. the cup should have light liquor and the aroma should be of tender floral character so, this character of tea can only be achieved from tender shoots and buds.

      The teas produced during this period is not only delicious but are also extremely healthy since the tea bushes conceives the fresh shoots and buds after a long hibernation during the winter season and this newly born 2 leaves and buds contains high amounts of anti oxidants which is essential for all human beings.

   As usual we will taste as much tea samples from various gardens of Darjeeling and choose only the best teas and list it on our online store.For further updates please keep visiting our website www.teaemporium.net

Upper Namring (Premium) Ex-3 darjeeling tea 1st flush 2019

A top of the line super premium quality 1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea which has been plucked by the expert tea pluckers of this tea garden from the youngest AV2 clonal bushes from the special tea growing section of this beautiful garden of Darjeeling.

     The dry leaves are very well processed and are covered by furry young silver tips.The dry leaves gives out delicious aroma of white roses, sweet grass and exotic ripe fruits with undertones and sweetness of fresh flowers like geranium, white lilies and fresh fennel seeds.

      When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out a pale yellow liquor.Each sip is delicious and intensely fragrant which gives a blast of flavours of ripe mangoes,ripe white grapes and peaches with undertones of almonds and dry coconuts which further leaves a honey and lemony after taste on the palate.

A true nectar from the nature and one of the best Darjeeling tea from  the  1^st flush 2019 Darjeeling tea harvest.

An Approach to 1st flush 2018 Darjeeling tea

          The 1^st flush 2018 Darjeeling tea harvest is about to start and some gardens in Darjeeling have already started the initial rounds of plucking and production. The tea pluckers in the gardens are plucking and removing the old and winter leaves from the bushes so that the bushes can conceive fresh shoots and buds which are used to produce the fresh finest 1^st flush Darjeeling teas. During this period of time we need some heavy rainfall so that the tea bushes can get enough water to conceive new shoots and buds after 2 months of dormancy.

    During this harvest we have recently seen that the best teas are specially made from the clonal bushes like the AV2 and P312.The teas made from the china bushes usually start late and start coming in from the mid weeks of March and are also very delicious.

      As usual our focus is on the early production teas( teas plucked and made from the first young buds and shoots).Since the early harvest teas are made from the most tender shoots and buds the cup is extremely fragrant and delicious and the quantity produced is also very less. So, we have to taste as much tea samples, as soon as possible and decide to choose the right batch very fast. We also have to keep in mind that the teas should have good shelve lives and mature very well as we will offer these premium teas around the year.

     We request all our tea lover friends all around the world to keep visiting our website www.teaemporium.net for updates of the fresh and best quality 1^st flush 2018 Darjeeling teas.