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Darjeeling

Name: Darjeeling
Brand: Saratoga Tea & Honey Co.
SKU: 12BL4002
Price: 18.0 USD
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Darjeeling 1st Flush Tukdah

An exceptional first flush Darjeeling from one of the region's most famous and respected gardens (there are 87 tea estates in Darjeeling in total), this lightly oxidized Tukdah 1st Flush Darjeeling has a lovely nose that combines the typical florality of a first flush Darjeeling with the wooded spice more common on a second flush, making it pleasing to all Darjeeling aficionados.

Beautiful buds and lightly oxidized green-tinged leaves brew to a light copper liquor with a full, round mouth-feel and well-structured tannin. The aromas of the nose bear through in the liquor with notes that taste like the beautiful region of Darjeeling itself: wooded hills, lush florals, and spice.

Darjeeling 1st Flush Thurbo

A new arrival from young plants of the T-78 cultivar, this rich, fruity and slightly zesty Darjeeling is a beautiful example of modern first flush teas from this famous Himalayan terroir. Grown and harvested at 1550m, Darjeeling 1st Flush Thurbo has a clear liquor with the texture of shantung silk. Richly expressive yet balanced, you will note aromas of cedar, jasmine and ginger rounded out by saline and wintergreen in the mouth.

About Darjeeling

Black Tea

- Darjeeling, India
Darjeeling is a tea growing region in India with a relatively recent history of tea production (in comparison with some Chinese regions that have been cultivating tea for thousands of years). Though the tea tree camellia sinensis is native to parts of India, it wasn't until the British Colonial government began putting tea nurseries in the area that large tea estates were planted in the mid-1800s.

Darjeeling tea is unique in that most major estates harvest 4 different flushes each year, with the same tea bushes creating four teas distinct in character and flavor but all generally categorized as black teas. In contrast, while we do see some Chinese black teas being produced from buds and young leaves like the golden bud varietals: Jin Die and Yunnan Da Ye, it is typical for spring and summer harvests in China to be used for white and green teas.

It is understandable, then that a 1st Flush Darjeeling (harvested March-May 1) may be much closer in character to green tea and tends to have a mild liquor with a floral aroma. 2nd Flush Darjeeling (harvested end of May - end of June) is a bit more mature in aroma and liquor, and it is this 2nd Flush that may yield the renowned, slightly sweet muscatel flavor in your Darjeeling. The 3rd Flush (harvested July-September 22) produces a darker Darjeeling and is made difficult to produce due to Monsoon season. The 4th Flush or Autumnal Flush (harvested end of September - early November) yields an even stronger liquor with a unique aroma full of autumn sunshine.