Glenburn Darjeeling Second Flush

According to our friends at Glenburn:

Glenburn Tea Estate in Darjeeling is where the magnificent peaks of the third highest mountain in the world, Mount Kanchenjunga, ascends over the tea bushes of Glenburn, - a name that literally means what this 750 hectare estate is - A River Valley. Here in the hills of Darjeeling, tea rises out of the magical landscape imbibing the essence of the eternal Himalayas. In the peace and tranquility of Glenburn a flourishing community of people and tea bushes thrive together as they have done for the past 150 years.

The Second Flush in Darjeeling produces mature, more rounded flavours than the First Flush. Plucked in the early summer months of May and June, this stylishly rolled leaf is made from select shoots that draw their succulence from the late spring showers. Glenburn Second Flush Darjeeling has a special character, owing to the clonal plants selected to thrive in our unique Glenburn growing conditions.

The tea is smooth and rounded on the palate, with flavours of dried fruit and the sought-after muscatel taste characteristic of Second Flush Darjeeling tea. The dry leaf is dark blackish brown with characteristic coppery leaves and pale yellowish tips. The wet leaf has an aroma of sweet honey and muscatel. The liquor is a deep, rich amber colour.

Each cup should contain 2.5g of tea and 200ml of water brewed at 90°C - 100°C for 3-4 minutes.