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2nd Flush Darjeeling

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Category: Single Origin Variety

About This Tea

The second flush of Darjeeling tea begins high in the Himalayan foothills in late May and lasts about 45 days. Around this time, tea gardens produce teas of wonderfully complex flavors of butter, nuts, flowers and fruits with balanced astringency and a sweet toasty finish. Teas produced during this period have a fuller flavor than teas from first flush. 

Ingredients

Second flush Darjeeling FTGFOP1 full leaf teas

Preparation

For best flavor, bring freshly drawn filtered water to a boil. Steep five minutes. Repeat your mantra (if your have one.)

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Julian H. ★★★★★

That late-May harvest window really shows in the cup — the flavor shifts and deepens as it cools, which I wasn't expecting from a black tea. Brewed it gongfu style and got several steeps, each one slightly more savory and complex than the last.

Ella ★★★★★

The muscatel notes hit right at the back of my throat, and the liquor stays bright through three steepings. That 45-day harvest window really shows in the depth — I’ve never had a Darjeeling this layered from a grocery bag.

Elizabeth ★★★★★

Brewed a pot this morning and the complexity is exactly what I hoped for from a late-May harvest—each sip shifts from floral to something almost wine-like. The 45-day window really shows in the depth; I've already re-ordered another pouch.

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