What is Black Tea? The Most Traveled Category of Tea. Black Tea,” as it’s called in the West, is known as “Hong Cha” or “Red Tea” in Asia, due to its dark reddish infusion color and dark colored dried tea leaves covered with...
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Tasting to Compare: Darjeeling 1st & 2nd Flush Teas
Darjeeling teas are renowned around the world for their magnificent aromatics, and this flight illustrates the nuance required from a master tea taster to experience the teas and speak in-depth about them. To truly delve into the study of distinction in Darjeeling...
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Second to None: Darjeeling 2nd Flush Harvest
In March and then again in June of 2019, our buyers embarked on the journey into the Golden Valley of famed Darjeeling teas with our partners at Chamong Tea Group. There is a peak quality period of the Darjeeling 2nd Flush between the last few days of May into the...
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Majestic Himalaya Teas Pt.2: Innovations in Nepal
We begin our Himalaya travels in Darjeeling for the First Flush of teas with Joshua and crew to end this leg of the journey in Nepal. The voyage never truly finishes, as Joshua will return to the Himalayas for the 2nd flush harvest. Taking the drive from the Tumsong...
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Majestic Himalaya Teas Pt.1: the Magic of Darjeeling
We begin our Himalaya travels in Darjeeling for the First Flush of teas with Joshua and crew to end this leg of the journey in Nepal. The voyage never truly finishes, as Joshua will return to the Himalayas for the 2nd flush harvest. In March of 2019, our buyers...
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