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.

An approach to 1st flush 2014 Darjeeling teas

An Approach to 1^st Flush 2014 Darjeeling teas:

  We are all very excited in the Darjeeling hills to see the winter pass away since the much awaited 1^st flush 2014 crop season is about to start. We are also expecting a fantastic 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling tea harvest this year as we have received at least 2 winter rainfalls this year. This is a great sign for a successful harvest this year. It has also rained during the month of February in Darjeeling after almost 5 years.

          The 1^st flush season for every Darjeeling estates is very important as this is the main harvest which fetches them high prices for their quality production. Some of the gardens in the lower portion of Darjeeling hills starts producing their 1^st flush teas by March 1^stweek but the teas produced and offered before the mentioned period is mostly mixed leafs from the winter harvest and very small amount of real 1^st flush teas are produced before the 1^st week of March.. For a true 1^st flush harvest every garden has to get rid of the old leafs of winter from their bushes and once the whole section of the plantation gets rid of their old leafs then the real and true 1^st flush harvest starts and we have noticed from last 2 decades that this harvest never starts before 1^st week-2^nd week of March.

         It is slightly warmer now in February in Darjeeling than the month of January and the right temperature difference between day and night for a good 1^st flush crop is about 9-11 degrees Celsius. Teas produced from the lower elevation garden looks more green in colour since the leafs contains more chlorophyll and the teas produced from high elevation are slightly darker is colour and contains lots of silver tips.

         A very good and well made 1^st flush tea should have well twisted greenish leafs and lots of silver tips. The liquor of the tea should be light golden (almost like champagne) colour and the aroma should be tenderly flowery/ fruity and a slight astringency should remain on the palate as an after taste.

   

          We have already started tasting some samples from few low elevation gardens in Darjeeling and personally feel that the true 1^st flush have not started coming yet. As usual we are eagerly waiting for exclusive 1^st flush teas from high elevation and reputed plantations of Darjeeling.

         We request all our valuable tea lover friends who have been blindly trusting us and buying our high quality teas from us from our online store or our retail store in Darjeeling to have patience and wait our list of true and high quality 1^st flush 2014 Darjeeling teas.

Kalej Valley ( upper ) sftgfop-1 DJ 852 and Dooteriah sftgfop-1 DJ 847 Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

Kalej Valley ( upper ) sftgfop-1 DJ 852 and Dooteriah sftgfop-1 DJ 847 Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

         The Kalej Valley and Dooteriah tea estate is located near the area named Sonada in Darjeeling district. These 2 wonderful gardens of Darjeeling are owned by the Alchemist group of India. Both these gardens are world renowned for their traditional Darjeeling black teas. Most of the plants in these plantations are “china origin” bushes.

      In the recent years these 2 plantations have really improved by making high quality Darjeeling teas which have been witnessed by various tea lovers around the globe.

     Mr.Yogdeep Gurung (General Manager of Dooteriah and Kalej valley Tea estate) who is also known as a fine Darjeeling tea maker had send us samples of few of his finest Autumn Darjeeling tea lots . We have carefully selected 2 of their finest lots and the descriptions are given below:

1. Kalej Valley (upper) sftgfop-1 DJ 852 Autumn flush 2013

A superb pure autumnal flush Darjeeling tea plucked from the high elevation pure china bushes of this wonderful garden of Darjeeling. The dry leafs are well sorted and has an exotic aroma of ripe fruits and sugarcanes in this state.

      When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out bright orange/golden liquor. Each sip leaves delicious hint of fresh fruits like ripe apples, guavas and leaves a slight hint of spices on the palate.

   A perfect tea to start the day!

2.Dooteriah sftgfop-1 DJ 847 Autumn flush 2013

A very well made tea, plucked from the pure china bushes by one of the oldest tea estates in Darjeeling. The dry leafs are sorted small in size and has a very delicious aroma of dry pine leafs and sweet sugarcanes.

    When steeped for complete 5 minutes the cup gives out yellow/golden liquor. Each sip is very delicious which reminds of dry fruits like almonds and apricot and further ends with a dry musky after taste.

A classic Darjeeling autumnal flush tea!

We guarantee that these 2 teas are excellent Darjeeling autumn flush 2013 teas and really believe that they are true value for your money.

 

North Tukvar sftgfop-1 clonal Ex8/ Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

North Tukvar sftgfop-1 clonal Ex8/ Autumn flush 2013 Darjeeling tea.

       North Tukvar Tea Estate is one of the oldest and the largest Tea plantation of Darjeeling. This wonderful plantation is blessed with Tea makers like Mr.Somani (Superintendant of North Tukvar and Puttabong tea estates)who has over the years manufactured and supplied the world of Darjeeling tea lovers with great high quality Darjeeling teas.

    

        The management of North Tukvar Tea Estate has planted a lot of young clonal bushes over the past 2 year and teas made from the P312 clonal bushes of this plantation are simply excellent. We have seen this garden making excellent teas from the last 1^st flush 2013 harvest and have been very happy with its teas.

      I had booked some of the finest autumn teas from this plantation in advanced and I am really delighted to get and offer the North Tukvar sftgfop-1 Clonal Ex8 /Autumn flush 2013 tea lot.

 

      This is a classic super quality Darjeeling tea made by one of the oldest plantation of Darjeeling. This exclusive tea has been plucked from the estate`s P312 clonal bushes and has a slightly dehydrated look in the dry leaf state as this is a pure autumn flush tea. The dry leafs has a very delicious aroma of ripe mangoes and dry pine leafs.

      When steeped for complete 5 minutes this excellent tea gives out bright golden orange liquor in the cup. Each sip is extremely fruity and leaves a unique nutty aroma on the tea lover’s palate.

    An exceptional super quality Darjeeling tea of the season.