: Black teas are fully-oxidized teas. Legends recounts that in the seventeenth century, a cargo of tea that arrived in London from China, at the end of a particularly long voyage, had gone mouldy in its boxes. Originally green, it had turned black but in spite of this the English found it very much to their taste and immediately re-ordered it.
Though improbable, this anecdote does point the way to China, where this method of manufacturing black tea originated. In the nineteenth century, when they began the cultivation and manufacture of tea in India, the British first made use of the Chinese labor, but they quickly perfected the tools needed to mechanize the different stages of the so-called ‘ORTHODOX’ process.
The leaves are processed in six different operations: Withering, Rolling, Riddling, Oxidation, Firing and Sorting.
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Out of stockThis Classic Muscatel is a perfect well manufactured second flush tea. The leaves have the coppery black appearance with few greenish shades in between. The aroma is like baked nuts with a very sweet floral aroma.The taste is complex and thick. Its a mouthful of prominent flavors.
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Goomtee Muscatel Wonder MV comes from MUSCATEL VALLEY an out division of Goomtee Tea Estate. This division is also known as Mohan Majua. Due to the high elevation of this division the teas are very good. The cold weather and continuous cloud cover over the valley the growth of leaves is very slow. This results in very thick and complex flavor which is very different from other teas.
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Castleton Moonlight is probably one of the most popular and exotic tea of Darjeeling. Only about 500 Kg of this variety is produced every year and the demand is almost 10 times more than the production. This batch of tea comes from the Av2 Clone plantations of Dhobi Tar section of the garden which is known for producing the best quality clonal white teas
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Out of stockThe dry leaves are enough to mesmerize you. Long curled blackish - mauve color leaves with strong sweet musk aroma is just too good to resist. When brewed for 4 minutes what we get is beautiful amber liquor with musky peachy grapy aroma.
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Giddapahar Muscatel is an outstanding MUSCATEL tea and is also the FIRST TEA TO BE LISTED in our catalogue this summer. The dry leaves are in the shades of coppery brownish black and are longer in texture than the usual. They are well rolled and ideally fermented. The aroma is nutty and has roasted almonds like whiff to it.
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Sale!This particular lot is the second manufacturing of the 2023 season. The dry leaves are uncut and have a bright green shade. The long well twisted curled leaves are a visual delight. The aroma is pleasant. It has notes of roasted almonds with a hint of lime like aroma.
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Giddapahar Spring China – First Flush - 2019 (SFTGFOP-1 – SPL) is a mid-segment value for money tea in our Spring Collection. The leaves are long twisted olive green and blackish in color. The aroma is that of baked nuts and has a very tempting citrus twang. When brewed for full 5 minutes it gives pale yellow liquor which has a vegetative and mossy aroma.
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Glenburn Moonshine is our first offering from the prestigious Glenburn Tea Estate. This tea has been made during the early Spring from the Av2 clone variety. Very tender two leaf and a bud plucked by expert hands are sent for withering. Then they are HAND-ROLLED by tender hands which add to the delicacy of this tea.
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Avongrove Spring Euphoria comes from a very high elevated section of the garden. The leaves were plucked by trained personnel who specialize in plucking very fine leaves only. The appearance of dry leaves is a visual delight. Almost 50% of the tea consists of silver tips or the delicate buds and the aroma is intoxicating.
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Out of stockThe dry leaves are fine sorted well rolled with a sweet baked cookies aroma. When brewed for 4 minutes we get a golden liquor which is medium bodied. The tea is perfect to enjoy with friends over a good conversation.