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Darjeeling House Blend - First Flush losse bladthee

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Darjeeling House Blend - First Flush losse bladthee

Indian Black Tea Blend

Deze bekroonde, first-flush losbladige Darjeeling heeft een heerlijke licht amberkleur en een verfrissende muskaatsmaak waar je op elk moment van de dag van kunt genieten.

From: Darjeeling, India

LOOSE LEAF TEA
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The origins of our Darjeeling House Blend


Our award-winning loose-leaf Darjeeling blend delicately combines the invigorating qualities of early summer First Flush tea leaves with the stunning muscatel flavour that this Indian black tea is famed for. With its light, floral fragrance and a hint of sweetness, this blend is a heavenly, high-quality tea that has been recognised by the Great Taste Awards and Guild of Fine Foods.

Darjeeling House Blend is a First Flush tea, harvested in summer in the hilly, monsoonal Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India, one of the world's most celebrated tea-growing regions. Our House Blend is characterised by succulent, rolled leaves with tender, silvery-green tips, our House Blend makes a lovely amber brew with a refreshingly astringent flavour. Enjoy it hot or chilled – and the fact that its sweet taste means you don't need to add milk or sweeteners!

Darjeeling is renowned for producing fine seasonal teas or flushes. These flushes are oxidised to varying degrees for teas of different strengths, with the first flush particularly known for delivering the muscatel flavour that's a hallmark of Darjeeling teas.

Read about what makes Darjeeling special

While Darjeeling is technically a black tea, it is processed more like green tea, where the leaves are given minimal oxidation before being rolled to preserve their natural flavours. Darjeeling is much lighter and sweeter than most black and green teas but has all the health benefits of black tea. Among other things, it's high in antioxidants and associated with helping lower cholesterol and blood pressure.


What makes Darjeeling special


The name Darjeeling comes from the Tibetan for 'Land of the Thunderbolt', a reference to the region's monsoonal climate that's prone to frequent thunderstorms. Tea gardens here are laid out across the steep sub-Himalayan foothills at elevations of 90-1,750m, which are exposed to plentiful rain and sporadic bouts of sunshine. This weather, along with Darjeeling's steep terrain and varied, rocky soils, come together in a magical combination to create nuanced teas that can be as individual as the farmers who grow them.

Unlike most Indian teas, which are derived from the large-leaved assamica variety of tea bush, Darjeeling teas come from the small-leaved Camellia sinensis plant commonly grown in China.

This is down to a British civil servant called Dr Archibald Campbell, who was appointed Darjeeling regional superintendent for the East India Company in 1839. In 1841, Campbell started to experiment with planting seeds of the Chinese tea plant, Camellia sinensis, brought from Kumaon in Nepal. The plants took root, tea nurseries were established and by the 1850s commercial development of the industry was well underway.

As tea farmers adapted their tea-growing practices to the district's unique agro-climatic conditions, they passed down their knowledge through the generations. Darjeeling became established as one of the world's finest teas. In 2011, Darjeeling's special qualities and unique character were recognised internationally with the awarding of Geographical Indication status, which protects the style and means only Darjeeling grown in Darjeeling can be marketed as such. Given its light character and revered status, it's little wonder that Darjeeling is often described as the 'Champagne of teas'!


Alternatives to this unique black tea blend


For floral loose leaf tea with plenty of those Darjeeling muscatel flavours, check out our Margaret's Hope First Flush.

For tea brewed in a flash, try our biodegradable Darjeeling tea bags. You can find out more about Darjeeling and what makes its flushes so special in our Tea Journal.

Ingredients


Pure Indian black tea

Tasting notes


This tea offers a sweet fruits and floral aroma and golden infusion. A delicately muscatel cup and notes of orange blossoms with fruity mouthfeel.

Region


Darjeeling is the northernmost district in West Bengal, Eastern India. Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, it is bordered by Nepal in the West, Sikkim state to the North, and Bangladesh on the South-eastern boundary. The eponymous city, 2,100m above sea level, is located on a long, narrow mountain ridge of the Lesser Himalayas.

Learn more about the Darjeeling Region of India

On a clear day, the city offers unparalleled views of Kanchenjunga (the world’s third highest mountain), and Mount Everest can also be seen from nearby Tiger Hill, which itself sits at 2,590m above sea level. The highest peaks in the district are part of the Singalila Ridge and reach 3,600m. Depending on the elevation, the climate is either a Humid Subtropical (CFA) one in the lower areas, or a Subtropical Highland (Cwb) one on the higher hills, with a Tundra climate (ET) on the higher mountains, and numerous microclimates along the steep relief.

The city itself enjoys a mild and temperate climate (Cwb), with average lows of 10°C in the winter, and average highs of 21°C in the summer. The summers are wet and overcast with high precipitation from May until September and the winters are mild and clear. Winds are generally low throughout the year. The land between 1,000m and 2,000m altitude is mostly used for cultivation: principally tea, but also rice, corn, wheat and cardamom. The slopes above 2,000m are covered in forests, with a mixture of semi-evergreen, temperate and alpine trees. The forest around the city of Darjeeling is home to rare, protected orchids.

The reserve forests are also home to small Indian civets, mongooses, badgers, as well as a conservation centre for the elusive and endangered red panda. Teas from such altitudes are considered high-grown. Considering that Darjeeling is only 280 miles from Assam, it is remarkable that the two regions produce vastly different teas.

As well as climatic and topographic differences, soil quality varies. Whilst Assam is considered very fertile, Darjeeling soil is loose and poorly consolidated, with risks of landslides. But the steep slopes ensure efficient drainage, and the misty, wet summers with limited direct sunlight are ideal for the cultivation of the Camellia sinensis sinensis. The mild, dry winters also encourage a period of dormancy, so the new spring leaves burst with flavour.

How to brew

2 - 3g

2 - 3g

100°C

100°C

200ml

200ml

3 - 5mins

3 - 5mins

Darjeeling House Blend - First Flush losse bladthee

€11,95