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2nd ) SECOND FLUSH DARJEELING TEAS 2009 *
NEW * |
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SECOND
FLUSH DARJEELING TEA 2009 ALL UPDATED |
HOW
TO ORDER TO AVAIL FREE SHIPPING:
You are eligible for these FREE SHIPPING
OPTIONS:
a) A total purchase of USD 49-84: Will be
sent by Airmail (15-30 days)
b) A total purchase of USD 85-149: Will
be sent by Speed Post (around 14-20 days)
c) A total purchase of USD 150 and above:
Will be sent by Expediated Service (one
week)
ORDERING:
1) Choose your teas and add to cart one
by one
2) Once finished adding your teas to the
cart enter the coupon code for free shipping
ie FREESHP9FFTAF
3) While checking out you will be asked
to opt for the shipping method if your
order is USD 49 or above as required for
free shipping - Choose any of the available
shipping modes (doesn't matter which one
you choose, the coupon code works out),
your shipping charge will automatically
be substracted from the total and will
be free.
4) You pay!
Suppose your purchase cost is between
USD 49-84, your tea will be sent by Airmail...
please refer to the above specification
of 'purchase cost based' free shipping.
We will take a look at your
purchase amount and decide which free
shipping mode you fall into and thus ship
accordingly. |
SECOND FLUSH DARJEELING TEA 2009
ONLINE ORDER *NEW*
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ARYA RUBY
(TIPPY) (ORGANIC TEA)- *NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: Arya Tea
Estate has always proved to
be one of the most prestigious
Darjeeling Tea garden. This
Arya Ruby is exceptional and
this time they have tweaked
some stages of processing to
retain the flavour and appearance
attractive, and has reached
the final point successfully.
The dry leaves are much larger
and elongated than the normal
2nd Flush Darjeeling leaves,
with an overall brownish appearance
mixed with silver. The color
of the leaves comprises a mixture
of dark chocolate, light and
dark brown leaves. The name
‘tippy’ is added
to this Ruby because this time,
there is abundance of silver
tips or buds. The tips are covered
by a mixture of faint green,
cream and white hairs giving
it a splendid luster. Two leaves
and a bud are noticeable. The
aroma of the dry tea leaves
is exotic – fruity, chocolaty,
caramellic, musky and flowery
reminiscent of a local herbal
medicinal plant. Apart from
the above aromas, it has that
exclusive overwhelming ‘confectionary’
aroma which can be got when
you are entering a confectionary
factory where all the pastries
are being prepared. In short,
smells like a pastry.
Wet Tea leaves:
You can take a look at the infused
leaves’ pic provided,
and guess the size. It beautifully
unfolds into large leafy infusion
which is a mixture of pale yellow,
light and dark brown colors.
It has a very sweet nose which
is also accompanied by a complex
combination of musky, minty,
malty, fruity and flowery aromas.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
Because of abundance of silver
tips or buds, the cup seems
to be a bit light this time
than the previous Arya Rubys
we tasted before. The cup is
smooth and bright. The aroma
of the cup is slightly minty,
herbal like, sweet like honey,
fruity and flowery. It has a
hint of fruity and flowery taste
with complex layers of sweetness,
honey like, buttery, malty and
nutty (reminiscent of almonds).
A Limited edition tea
for Darjeeling Tea Connoisseurs
looking for high quality Darjeeling
Second Flush Tea. Very
Limited, Order Now!
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USD 28.50 |
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USD 79.50 |
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SUNGMA
SFTGFOP1 CLONAL WONDER (TURZUM)
[ORGANIC DARJEELING TEA] -
*NEW*
2009 |
| Mr.
Jha, the main man at Sungma
Tea Estate sent us the samples
and just gave us 1 hour to make
our decision because it was
on bid. Now guess the demand!
From this year, Sungma is tagging
all clonal teas as “Turzum”
because they have got an additional
license as “Turzum”
to invoice as. So all clonals
from Sungma would bear the name
Turzum. Actually Turzum is a
section of Sungma and this simply
will be an invoice category.
Dry Tea leaves:
This tea is specially made
from BB-157 unique pre-dominant
clonal leaves which is supposed
to yield the highest quality.
“BB” stands for
‘Bannockburn’.
These tea bushes are special
Darjeeling clones approved
by the TRA. The dry leaves
are well rolled and twisted
showing a sign of great manufacture
retaining its appearance.
It has an overall color appearance
of dark chocolate and black
leaves with abundance of silver
and golden tips. It gives
a hint of ripe fruity and
flowery fragrance accompanied
by overwhelming sweetness
which has a complex layer
of maltiness, coffee like,
musk and honey toned.
Wet Tea leaves:
It unfolds into a coppery
infusion which is a combination
of chocolate brown and light
brown colors with some pale-yellow
effect to it. It has an excellent
flowery nose which is accompanied
by complex undertones of fruity
aroma reminiscent of the fruit
plum. It is extremely sweet
with a musky character which
is also malty, almondy and
honey toned.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
An excellent full bodied cup
with a coppery color. It has
excellent fruity and flowery
notes with an undertone that
is sweet, minty, chocolaty
and musky. The taste refers
to musky, sweet, flowery,
fruity, malty and nutty in
character. Has a very sweet
aftertaste that lingers on
and specially clings on to
the tip of the tongue.
A rare and high quality
2nd Flush Darjeeling Tea from
Sungma, quite hard to find
at this cost. You can try
finding :) Limited
order now! |
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USD 16.00 |
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USD 46.00 |
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ARYA SFTGFOP1
(ORGANIC DARJEELING TEA) -
*NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: Elongated
dry tea leaves having ‘chocolate
– brown’ overall
appearance with considerable
amount of golden tips signifying
'high quality' Second Flush
Darjeeling Tea. As soon as the
pack got opened, we got an overwhelming
sweet fragrance with an undertone
reminiscent of the fruit plum
which is also 'musky'. It is
a complex flowery tea with complex
hints of 'caramel like', honey,
burnt sugar, slightly nutty,
buttery etc. characteristics.
The tea leaves are well rolled
and twisted, giving it a curled
façade which also appears
to have a rich luster and a
proper Second Flush bloom.
Wet Tea leaves:
Total coppery infused leaves
showing the real characteristics
of a pure Second Flush Darjeeling
tea. The golden buds now appear
to be pale yellow (dark) in
color. It has a sweet aroma
which is also malty or chocolaty
and slightly minty cool. It
has a complex blend of slightly
fruity and flowery characteristics.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
Again the cup bears the mark
of a pure Second Flush tea with
its coppery color going more
towards the 'dark red' mark.
Full bodied and smooth with
negligible amount of bitterness,
hardly noticeable - bitterness
increases with longer steeping
time. It has a rich aroma which
is a complex mixture of being
chocolaty or malty, sugary or
honey toned, fruity and nutty,
buttery, musky etc. Each sip
tends to leave your mouth dry
especially affecting your tongue
the most and inner cheeks slightly.
Has a sweet lingering after
taste.
A high quality 2nd Flush organic
Darjeeling Tea you are gonna
love! Limited order
now! |
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USD 18.95 |
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USD 54.35 |
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RISHEEHAT
CLONAL FLOWERY SFTGFOP1- *NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: Well twisted
dry leaves with considerable
amount of mixed colored buds
which are golden, pale yellow
and silver or white. The overall
look has a particular shine
because the silver hairs seem
to cover almost every leaf showing
a sign of high quality. The
color tends to be a mixture
of dark-chocolate, light brown
and copper. It has a hint of
fruity and flowery notes which
in turn is also malty, musky,
caramelic and nutty. It has
an over sweet aroma.
Wet Tea leaves:
It has an overall coppery infusion
with dark and light brown wet
leaves. The buds tend to assume
the color of pale brown-yellow
along with a very light tinge
of light green on a few leaves.
Emits and has a complex layers
of fruity and flowery notes
which is somewhat like the local
medicinal herbs found here in
Darjeeling. It has a very sweet,
malty and buttery notes.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
A full bodied cup showing a
true sign of one of Second Flush
characteristics. A 'dark-amber'
brew or coppery which is bright
in color. The liquor aroma is
very sweet which is also almondy
or buttery. Sweet chocolaty
– honey like notes can
be found additional aroma. The
complex fruity and flowery aroma
is quite invigorating. It is
sweet in taste that is almondy
and buttery as well. When you
are trying to melt sugar by
frying it in some utensil, you
get a particular aroma, this
amazingly has that. The exotic
flowery taste is worth appreciating.
Has a sweet aftertaste.
Limited order now! |
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USD 22.73 |
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USD 65.19 |
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GOOMTEE
(MUSCATEL VALLEY) FTGFOP1
(ORGANIC DARJEELING TEA) -
*NEW*
2009 |
This
tea is from the Muscatel Valley
section (Majhua division) of
Goomtee Tea Estate, at an altitude
of over 4500 ft. and organically
grown. The leaves brought from
the Muscatel Valley are processed
separately in the Goomtee factory
giving utter importance to quality.
Dry Tea leaves: It
has an overall coppery appearance
with a mixture of black, light
and dark brown colors. Abundance
of tips can be found which are
a mixture of silver and golden
buds. The leaves are well twisted
and evenly sized and most of
them covered by tiny microscopic
grey hairs. It has a sweet fragrance
which is also chocolaty, honey
toned, almondy with some buttery
notes and musky.
Wet
Tea leaves: An overall
bright coppery infusion and
has a rare and complex fruity
and flowery aroma. It is slightly
minty or peppermint like as
you inhale which is accompanied
by sweet, honey toned fruity
flavor which match up to the
plum characteristics.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
The cup is smooth and full bodied
with a coppery cup color. An
overwhelming sweet aroma which
is somewhat minty in characteristics
seem to govern the cup. This
is in turn accompanied by other
notable fragrance which is almond
like and sweet reminiscent of
the fruit guava and plum. When
doing the first heavy slurping
which we do as a rule for tea
tasting, the tip of the tongue
suddenly gets salty which further
circulates throughout the mouth
diverting into different complex
tastes. The diverted tastes
are almondy, sweet, honey toned,
minty and limey at the tongue
tip. Has a sweet aftertaste.
Limited order now! |
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USD 19.95 |
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USD 57.85 |
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ARYA GFTGFOP1
GREEN TEA (ORGANIC DARJEELING
TEA)- *NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: Most of
the average Darjeeling greens
we got so far has a particular
similarity of being less tippy,
but surprisingly this organic
Arya Green is well rolled keeping
in mind the texture of the buds
to be appealing. It has a overall
greenish appearance with a mixture
of light and dark green leaves
with an abundance of silver
tips. It has a light flowery
aroma which is also slightly
minty, limey and somewhat meaty
or soupy like the chicken soup.
The previous description may
sound funny, but that’s
what we found.
Wet
Tea leaves: It has
an overall greenish appearance
with a very few brown infused
leaves. The tips surprisingly
appeared to be pale while or
creamy in color. The aroma of
these infused leaves are somewhat
salty, ginger like, minty with
a meaty aroma surrounding all.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
The cup is light and has a pale
yellow colored liquor. It gives
hints of slightly flowery notes
that is also limey, somewhat
salty and meaty like the chicken
soup. Slightly grassy-salty
and limey in taste and the meaty
taste can be discovered as one
gulps it down. It has a sweet
and almondy aftertaste.
A unique and very affordable
organic Darjeeling Green tea
from Arya Tea Estate! Limited
order now! |
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USD 9.50 |
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USD 26.50 |
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ORANGE
VALLEY SFTGFOP1 CHINA - *NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: Elongated
dry tea leaves with a mix of
black and brown color having
an overall chocolate brown (and
black) appearance. It has some
amount of tips. The aroma is
chocolaty, mildly sweet and
slightly smoky.
Wet
Tea leaves: An overall
coppery infusion with light
and dark brown leaves. It is
also accompanied by a few dark
olive green infusion. It has
a sweet honey like aroma with
a flowery essence and is fruity
like the plum. Slightly minty.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
Coppery full bodied infusion
which has a sweet, slightly
smoky, sugary and minty aroma.
In taste, its chocolaty, sweet,
buttery and slightly smoky.
An affordable tea from Orange
Valley.
Good Second Flush Darjeeling
tea for the budget conscious!
Limited order now! |
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USD 9.00 |
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USD 25.00 |
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GIDDAPAHAR
MUSK - *NEW*
2009 |
Giddapahar
has again surprised us with
this unique second flush manufacture.
First Flush was an excellent
find for us and this second
flush tea boasts of being
an excellent buy at the cost
we are selling it. Mr. Sudhanshu,
owner of Giddapahar, saved
us this batch of musk tea
and we thank him very much.
We just got about 50 kgs and
when we asked for more, it
couldn’t be provided.
So this means this too is
limited edition!
Dry Tea leaves:
Truly, if we talk about the
appearance of the dry tea
leaves, its not attractive
as as Sungma Clonal Wonder
etc. but possesses an excellent
musky characteristics as the
name ‘musk’ suggests.
Apart from the ‘musk’
character, it is sweet smelling
which also tends to be layered
by complex fruity and flowery
aromas. Its also malty or
chocolaty.
Wet Tea leaves:
A marvelous coppery infusion
which is a combination of
dark brown and chocolate colors.
The infusion has a sweet nose
that is also chocolaty in
nature, sugary and musky.
It is also high on fruity
and flowery notes.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
A dark full bodied coppery
infusion which is somewhat
slightly smoky. Has an excellent
fruity and flowery aromas
that also tends to be chocolaty,
malty and almondy. The cup
is smooth and the taste can
be described as being quite
buttery, sweet with an overwhelming
nutty character. It also has
some fruity and flowery taste.
An excellent and affordable
musky Second Flush Darjeeling
tea from Giddapahar Tea Estate.
Limited at Hand!
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USD 11.95 |
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USD 33.00 |
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SUNGMA
SFTGFOP1 SUPREME MUSCATEL
- *NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: This is
another tea from Sungma which
is a product of leaves from
china grade tea bushes. This
tea was shipped as a normal
DJ or invoice because all china
grades will follow the traditional
invoice tagging and not like
the new clonal teas. This tea
has an overall copper-black
appearance of the dry leaves
supposed to be made from dyhydrated
raw china grade leaves. It has
some amount of tips in it. It
has an excellent fruity and
flowery aroma and musky as the
name suggests, but truly the
musky character is not that
overwhelming as the name suggests.
Clonal Wonder wins over this.
But doesn’t mean the tea
is bad, an excellent tea made
highly affordable.
Wet Tea leaves:
It gives a coppery infusion
with light and chocolate brown
colors. It is highly aromatic
with a nutty character with
an undertone of almonds and
a considerable amount of sweetness.
It also tends towards flowery
and fruity characteristics.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
The cup is well rounded full
bodied having that amber color.
First sip lends a sweet character
which later diverts into being
complex having chocolaty and
musky characteristics. It has
a rich fruity and flowery taste.
The excellent muscatel notes
can be found in the cup. Has
a sweet aftertaste.
Good Second Flush Darjeeling
tea, affordable and for everyone!
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USD 11.50 |
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USD 32.50 |
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UPPER
FAGU FTGFOP1 CLONAL - *NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: We have
never bought Upper Fagu before,
but the samples sent by our
friend seems to hold our attention.
Nice tea at an affordable rate.
We thought why not buy and we
bought it! The dry tea leaves
are a mixture of light-dark
brown and black leaves. It has
an overall dark brown appearance
with a fair amount of tips in
it. It is fruity and flowery
in aroma with some light maltiness.
Wet Tea leaves:
Coppery infusion with light
and dark brown infused leaves.
It has some fruity and flowery
notes and has a sweet malty
aroma which is also seems slightly
bitter in smell.
Cup
or Tea Liqor: The cup
has a rich amber color with
a pronounced sweetness. Full
bodied and smooth. Has an excellent
bite of sweetness in the first
sip. It possesses an excellent
floral and fruity notes. The
nutty character is prominent
which also has a buttery addition.
Aftertaste is sweet and lingering.
Good Second Flush Darjeeling
tea and underrated. A cup that
can fit for all your recipies,
be it ice-tea or any other tea
you can think of. Hurry
Very Limited!
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USD 11.00 |
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USD 31.00 |
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TUKDAH
FTGFOP1 - *NEW*
2009 |
Dry
Tea leaves: This is
another tea having good value
for money and we couldn’t
avoid it for the price we got.
Well rolled dry tea leaves,
well sorted having an overall
chocolaty look. It is a mixture
of black and dark brown tea
leaves with some tips. It is
rather sweet smelling which
can be described as honey oriented
and some amount of musky character.
It has a slight hint of malty
essence.
Wet
Tea leaves: The wet
leaves have that coppery-brown
infusion with a slight tinge
of bottle green on a few leaves.
It comes with a mix aroma of
honey, malt, mint and chocolate.
It is flowery pertaining towards
the smell of camellia.
Cup or Tea Liqor:
The cup is smooth and full bodied.
It has an essence of being sweet,
slightly smoky, buttery and
honey toned. The mouth gets
filled with buttery notes, which
further extends towards being
flowery and fruity. It has a
hint of coffee which is also
lemony. The whole is overpowered
by almondy character or nutty.
It leaves the tongue dry. Has
a sweet aftertaste.
A very affordable Second
Flush Tea for all palates.
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USD 6.00 |
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FLUSH DARJEELING TEA 2008 |
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BADAMTAM
(CL) TIPPY (DJ 189)
- 2008 |
| Dry
leaves: The leaves
are well sorted rather smaller
in size having an even spread.
As the name suggests “tippy”,
it comprises a lot of buds
or tips with golden buds dominating
when compared to its silver
counterpart. The leaves are
sweet smelling and highly
fruity and flowery.
Wet leaves:
It is minty with a complex
aroma of staging itself as
sweet and chocolaty. It has
high fruity notes reminiscent
of plum. Has a slight coffee
mix hint that registers instantly.
Cup: The
cup is well rounded, full
bodied and smooth. It has
that buttery effect in the
tongue which in turn slowly
turns sweet and almondy. This
is one of the best clonals
we could lay our hands on
from Badamtam Tea Garden.
A real delight for the tea
connoisseur.
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USD 12.98 Now USD 9.08 |
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