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.

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!

Dooteriah DJ-11 and Kalej Valley DJ-5 / 1st Flush Darjeeling tea 2011

Dooteriah Dj-11 and Kalej Valley Dj-5/ 1st Flush Darjeeling tea 2011:

The Dooteriah and Kalej Valley tea gardens in Darjeeling belongs to the Alchemist group of India, these gardens have old traditional china bushes over 120 years old in age. This year I planned to change my selections in the china (traditional variety) category as the rising demand in premium teas are mostly inclined to the clonal teas(young teas),I have done a thorough research and found out that mostly people are moving out from the china varietal because china variety teas are mostly astringent and sometimes bitter because tea planters in Darjeeling follow the traditional way to manufacture these teas, mainly when these teas are put in the roller and if the leaves are pressed hard then the teas turn slightly bitter as they mature after the manufacture, so I discussed these important points with different managers of several tea gardens and choose these 2 unique tea gardens in Darjeeling since the General Manager of these plantation (Mr.Y.S.Gurung) is very close to our family and he has also helped me a lot with the tea lessons in the past.
The manufactured teas from both the plantations turned out to be perfect as we had expected, fruity, light and mellow and I’m sure every tea lover will enjoy these teas and above all I personally think these 2 teas are true value for money.

Dooteriah Dj-11 and Kalej Valley Dj-5/ 1st Flush Darjeeling tea 2011:

The Dooteriah and Kalej Valley tea gardens in Darjeeling belongs to the Alchemist group of India, these gardens have old traditional china bushes over 120 years old in age. This year I planned to change my selections in the china (traditional variety) category as the rising demand in premium teas are mostly inclined to the clonal teas(young teas),I have done a thorough research and found out that mostly people are moving out from the china varietal because china variety teas are mostly astringent and sometimes bitter because tea planters in Darjeeling follow the traditional way to manufacture these teas, mainly when these teas are put in the roller and if the leaves are pressed hard then the teas turn slightly bitter as they mature after the manufacture, so I discussed these important points with different managers of several tea gardens and choose these 2 unique tea gardens in Darjeeling since the General Manager of these plantation (Mr.Y.S.Gurung) is very close to our family and he has also helped me a lot with the tea lessons in the past.
The manufactured teas from both the plantations turned out to be perfect as we had expected, fruity, light and mellow and I’m sure every tea lover will enjoy these teas and above all I personally think these 2 teas are true value for money.