DARJEELING HIMALAYAN
FTGFOP1 FIRST FLUSH
ORGANIC PREMIUM INDIAN BLACK TEA
Darjeeling Himalayan FTGFOP1 First Flush Organic
A mature, yet light and refreshing Darjeeling with a mild and grassy taste; this beautiful blend of golden, green and dark leaves provide a golden-copper cup and a slight tanginess.
Darjeeling FTGFOP1 First Flush Tea is certified by USDA Organic (NOP) and kba / organic (EG) 834/2007.
Ingredients:
Darjeeling Himalayan
Brewing Method;
Measure one teaspoon of tea per cup.
Pour boiling water.
Brew time 3 minutes.
What's the deal with Darjeeling, and why is it so highly prized?
It's a Chinese tea that grows in India with flavors of French grapes and Himalayan mountain air. It can taste more like wine than other tea. Even if you're not a tea drinker, good Darjeeling is so interesting that it's really worth a try. If your only Darjeeling experiences have been with blended teas, added flavors, or the dark bitterness of over-brewing, there's a lot more to it that's worth sipping.
Darjeeling is frequently called the "Champagne of teas," with musky-sweet tasting notes similar to muscat wine. But it can also have delicate vegetal, mossy, fruity, and citrus flavors. Though Darjeeling is an Indian-grown tea (from, you got it, Darjeeling), the leaves are actually Chinese. Most tea plants in Darjeeling are of the smaller leaf Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, rather than the larger leaf var. assamica, more commonly grown throughout the rest of India.
While classified as a black tea, Darjeeling teas are almost always less oxidized than a typical black tea. The unique flavor of Darjeeling comes from Chinese tea genetics mixing with Indian terroir—plus the intricacies of harvesting and processing. It's lighter and less astringent than most black tea, but more layered and complex than most greens.
The same Darjeeling tea from the same plantation will taste different depending on when it's harvested. These periodic harvests, called flushes, span the tea growing season, punctuated by the regular high mountain rains. From the first to the last harvest, the general flavor trend is light and delicate to robust and full-bodied. The second flush from the more mature plant is where the big wine-like flavors come out, but the highly prized first flush, which uses the very youngest leaves, is where you can find some really interesting, delicate, and smooth arboreal-minty-fresh mountain air flavors.