UltraLux Organic Risheehat Darjeeling - Ultra 1st Flush (FTGFOP)
CUP CHARACTERISTICS: Lightly astringent with classic Darjeeling Champagne notes.
INGREDIENTS: Black tea* *Organic Certified Organic by Pro-Cert Organic Systems (Organic Equivalency with COR, NOP, EU, JAS)
INGREDIENTS FROM: India
REGION(S): Darjeeling
GROWING ALTITUDES: 5000 feet above sea level
GRADE(S): FTGFOP1 (Finest Tippy Golden Flavory Orange Pekoe grade 1)
MANUFACTURE TYPE(S): Orthodox (Traditional leafy)
ANTIOXIDANT LEVEL: High
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The garden Risheehat Tea Estate was established in the mid 19th century by the British Planters. The 1st name of the garden was Tshering Bagan as here most of the Tshering Tribes popularly known as land of Lepchas were living. In 1925, renamed as Risheehat, by a group of Holy people (Risheehat means 'place of a saint' in Nepali) whom had visited this place in search of Meditation. They met the Tshering Baga one of the elders who gave them shelter.
The 'Flowery' grade is rare and it means that the tea has intense champagne almost orchid like flavor. The dried leaves exhibit the true new seaosn look - curly, mottled, and tending greenish.
From November to March the bushes are dormant (meaning they are not growing new shoots) due to the altitude and northern latitude of the region. When the bushes start growing again, the new shoots are sparse but simply full of 'pent-up' flavor. The new growth is called Ulra First Flush, meaning the best from the beginning of the growing season. In the first two weeks this estate only produces about 1000 kilos and there is a race by the luxury tea stores around the world to get it.
Darjeeling is in northern India in the shade of Mt Everest and Mt Kanchenjunga and sandwhiched between Nepal and Bhutan. The area is home to about 2 million people with nearly 15% living on the estates (workers, dependents, and retired workers). More than 50% of the people living here get their primary source of income from tea and tea related activities.Start P
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