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Taylors of Harrogate Special Rare Darjeeling, Loose Tea in 100g Caddy

Single Estate teas are of the very best quality. The finest Darjeeling tea has a classic “muscatel flavor,” giving it the reputation as the “champagne of teas.” This is an exceptional afternoon tea, particularly good with cakes.

Taylors of Harrogate Special Rare Darjeeling, Loose Tea in 100g Caddy Features:

• Single Estate tea from the Lingia Estate in the Darjeeling region of India
• Characteristic “muscatel flavor,” found in the finest Darjeeling
• Fragrant and complex tea. Imported from England
• Taylors has won the British Tea Councils Best Cup of Tea in England award
• Loose tea in caddy. 100 grams (4.0 ounces) per caddy

Taylors of Harrogate Special Rare Darjeeling, Loose Tea in 100g Caddy Reviews

The King of Teas.
Unquestionably the most refined of teas, Darjeeling comes from a region in the Indian (West Bengalese) Himalayas close to the Nepalese border, 7000 ft above sea level. Originating with the small-time, private, mid-19th century plantations of a British civil surgeon named Dr. Campbell, tea has long since transformed the region into a major economic center, with over 80 running gardens producing over 10 million kgs (over 22 million lbs) of tea on a total area of almost 20,000 hectares (approximately 75 square miles), and employing over 50,000 people on a permanent basis, with a further 15,000 being hired during the plucking season (March – November). The area’s natural climate with its mixture of rainfall, sunshine and rich soil makes for a very distinctive flavor, and to be called “Darjeeling,” tea must have been grown and processed in that particular region.

Darjeeling tea comes in several harvest varieties or “flushes”: the lighter Easter harvest or first flush, and the stronger Spring harvest or second flush, which has an unmistakeably fruity, Muscatel-like note. (There is also a Summer harvest or third flush, which is even stronger than the tea from the second harvest, but it is somewhat less refined and therefore less popular than the first two varieties.)

For an introduction to the exquisite world of Darjeeling teas, any of the established British tea houses’ usually second flush teas will do very nicely. If you want to splurge, though, you may want to have a look at Taylors’ exquisite single-estate Darjeeling, which is a particularly fine tea with a delicate, quintessentially Darjeeling perfume. Enjoy!

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