An approach to 1^st flush 2021 Darjeeling tea:

   The 1^st flush 2021 Darjeeling tea harvest has finally started in almost all the tea gardens of Darjeeling. We are very excited to get back to work after a long break due to the Covid 19 pandemic outbreak last year and the lockdown in India which started from the 23^rd of March `2020 and went on for more than 3 months. Like any other industries even Darjeeling tea industry suffered a lot and now we are hopeful that slowly things will take a positive turn and we will start getting some of the finest Darjeeling teas from the tea gardens of Darjeeling as before.

     We are in regular touch with the tea makers of the different tea estates of Darjeeling right from the month of February`2021 until now and the biggest challenge of the moment is that there is no rain in Darjeeling for the last 5 months as a result of which all the tea gardens are going through a draught like situation. The collection of raw leaves are extremely low than before so the actual 1^st flush Darjeeling tea production is also low in quantity at the moment but all the tea gardens are using their finest tea pluckers to do selective tea plucking and produce some world class 1^st flush 2021 Darjeeling teas.

   We have been continuously tasting the fresh tea samples from many plantations of Darjeeling and have decided to mostly select the teas plucked from the climate resistant clonal cultivars like AV2,P312 ,BB157 etc. as we are seeing better teas are being manufactured this season from the said cultivars. We are expecting our list of 1^st flush 2021 Darjeeling teas to be completed by 1^st week of April 2021 and we assure that as usual there will be a list of world`s best quality 1^st flush Darjeeling teas in our list. We request all Darjeeling tea lovers to keep visiting our website www.teaemporium.net for the best quality 1^st flush 2021 Darjeeling teas.

 

Puttabong Organic Moondrops Darjeeling tea 1st flush 2018

 We are proud to offer this majestic batch of Premium 1^st flush 2018 Darjeeling tea which has been plucked from the 100% pure AV2 clonal bushes of this prestigious organic garden of Darjeeling.The dry leaves are bold and wiry in appearance and has a lot of wiry silver tips in it.The dry leaves gives out delicious aroma of ripe mangoes,vanilla, sugar candy and hint of sweet lemon grass.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out a bright yellow liquor.Each sip reminds of sweet ripe mangoes, pineapples and ripe white grapes,which further leaves a flowery,honey and lemony aftertaste on the palate.

A majestic batch of Premium 1^st flush 2018 darjeeling tea which is exclusively made for a true Darjeeling tea connoisseur.

An Approach to Autumn Flush 2017 Darjeeling tea

An Approach to Autumn flush 2017:

    The Autumn flush 2017 Darjeeling tea harvest in Darjeeling started around the 3^rd week of October 2017. This year`s harvest was very different from previous year`s harvest due to the 104 days of strikes in Darjeeling from the month of mid June. Tea leaves from tea bushes were not plucked for more than 3 months and the overall gardens were filled with wild plants. So, the workers of various gardens were busy pruning the tea bushes so that we could get a very good 1^st flush harvest next year.

    The quantity of pure Autumn flush Darjeeling teas are very less this year and after intense tea tasting we have selected 3 top quality Autumn flush 2017 Darjeeling teas this year from Puttabong, Upper Namring and Margaret`s Hope tea estates.These teas are produced in very limited quantities during the peak Autumn flush harvest.

     We are sure everyone will appreciate these high quality teas this season from our list.

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

An Approach to 2nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea

   The 2nd flush 2013 Darjeeling tea harvest has just started in Darjeeling. The dormant period is almost over in all the plantations in Darjeeling. This is one of the most important harvest in the Darjeeling tea industry. All the gardens in Darjeeling rely on their expert tea makers who are very careful while making the 2^nd flush teas as sometimes this harvest is so short that it might pass away within days.

           The most important factors for the 2^nd flush crop are the soil and the climatic conditions. The temperature difference between day and night should not be more than 10 degrees Celsius and the overall climatic conditions should be dry. The best teas during this harvest carry the muscatel flavour which is only found in Darjeeling teas and cannot be replicated by teas of any other regions.

         The best Muscatel variety Darjeeling teas are plucked from the most dehydrated china variety leafs and buds. Some of the exclusive teas are also produced from the clonal tea bushes. The perfect 2^nd flush Darjeeling tea should have slightly dark golden red liquor in the cup and a matured fruity /flowery aroma in the nose.

          We are already tasting a lot of samples from various different gardens of Darjeeling and we expect to have some great 2^nd flush 2013 Darjeeling teas from gardens like Turzum ,Sungma ,Puttabong ,Risheehat,Giddapahar,Castleton, Margaret`s hope and Thurbo. We also expect to see some great teas from the other unmentioned tea gardens as well.

      As usual we are working very hard to choose the right and perfect 2^nd flush 2013 darjeeling teas and shall inform all our tea lovers friends once the list of exotic Darjeeling teas are completed!