The Darjeeling Diary

This First Flush 2012 Darjeeling Green Tea from Rohini Tea Estate is now available at www.darjeelingteaboutique.com The details of the tea is as follows Description: Strongly aromatic entwined organic leaves with agood mixture of greenish texture. Smell: Aromatic smell with a distinct characteristic Darjeeling Tea. Liquor: Light yellow-greenish liquor with a hint of trailing woodiness taste palatable to the senses. The very best of the Green so far of this Spring season. Brewing: Steeping advised from 2  to  2 & 1/2 minutes for a tea-spoon full for a cup at 70 degrees centigrade . Multiple infusions possible but the liquor loses its character after third and successive infusions.

This first flush 2012 Darjeeling Green Tea from Nagri Tea Estate is now available at www.darjeelingteaboutique.com The details of the tea are mentioned below Description: Dark greenish hue predominant over hints of coppery  leaves. Smell: Infused smell of distinct characteristic Darjeeling Tea. Liquor: Light yellowish green liquor with a hint of trailing woody, brisk taste, typical of Darjeeling Spring Teas. Taste palatable to the senses. Amazingly the very best of the Green. Brewing: Steeping advised  2 & 1/2 minutes for a cup around 65 degree centigrade. Multiple infusions possible but the liquor loses its character after third and successive infusions. Final summary: This green tea is for those who have been complaining of light taste or tastelessness found occasionally in most greens. Refreshing, hints of bitterness like the Spring tea of Darjeeling. Muscatel.

This first flush 2012 Darjeeling Tea will now be available at www.darjeelingteaboutique.com The details of the tea is mentioned below. Grade: FTGFOP1 Description: Crispy slender rolled green leaves with coppery look. Promisingly very aromatic. Smell: Distinct First flush smell with the characteristics smell of Darjeeling’s unique aroma, muscatel. Refreshing. Liqour: A fading light liqour got from a 3 & 1/2 min. steeping typical of the Spring Teas. It holds the characteristic fragrance even after brewing, and is complimented by an equally more ambrosia like muscatel taste, which is perfect for as a breakfast tea, or as an afternoon tea, to rejuvenate the tired cells.

Recently, got two packets of green teas from Gopaldhara Tea Estate ad Rohini Tea Estate. The tea estate, under the expertise and foresightedness of Mr. Shiv Saria, has been reputed to produce the best of teas and the rarer ones, thus contributing to the popularity of Darjeeling Tea in the global market. The most popular among the tea lovers of Darjeeling Tea Boutique, from this garden happens to be the Silver needles white tea and the widely popular and still in demand green tea, famed for its very slight hint of fruitiness.(This green tea has just got out of stock) This pearl tea got from Gopaldhara intrigued me at first. Unevenly rounded, brownish balls, the size of marbles, oblate spheroid (recalling some terms learnt years back) justifiably jarring to a person whose has had a cupboard full of the just exhausted Pearl Teas from Avongrove T. E. The aromas were appealing though and I brewed the pearls, three to be precise, in a cup full of water for four full minutes. Amazing...

Three first flush teas have just arrived and catalogued for tea lovers. Arya First Flush 2012 FTFOP1 (Black Tea) Takdah First Flush 2012 (Black Tea) Arya First Flush 2012 (Green Tea Good news for tea lovers and tea tasters. Darjeeling Tea Boutique has made arrangements for tea sample packs which are available for as low as $0.99 for a 10gm pack, good enough for a 10 to 15 cups of teas. <<Back to Home page of Darjeeling Tea Boutique <<Facebook page <<Twitter Link

Avongrove First Flush 2012 Grade: Euphoria Supreme Description: Crispy whole slender rolled leaves with green and hints of silvering. The most aromatic among all the first flush of this season. Smell: Distinct First flush smell with the characteristics smell of Darjeeling’s unique aroma. Mellow and fruity which fills the entire senses lasting long even after sometime. Refreshing. Liquor: A fading light liquor got from a 3 – 6 min. steeping typical of the Spring Teas from the Queen of hill stations, which could easily be mistaken for a white tea. It holds the characteristic fragrance even after brewing, and is complimented by an equally more ambrosia like muscatel taste, which is perfect for as a breakfast tea, or as an afternoon tea, to rejuvenate the tired cells. Simply amazing; Credited undoubtedly as God’s drink. Only for a blessed few. I couldn’t stop my self from taking cups after cups today in the morning. The fragrance lingered for a long time throughout the ...