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English Tea Store Loose Leaf, Mim Estate Tea Pouches, 4 Ounce
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About English Tea Store Loose Leaf, Mim Estate Tea
This is a 2nd flush Darjeeling, grown at 6800 feet above sea level. The tea has a distinctive 'muscatel' character, with a hint of currant and an almost wine-like taste. It come from mim in northern India, where you can see the tip of mount Everest on a clear day. Due to the superb taste and limited production of Darjeeling's, these teas are quite expensive. There are many who wish to take advantage of the high prices and as a result there are Darjeeling 'blends'. Regrettably these blends are quite often very poor copies of Darjeeling and in some cases only contain 10% true Darjeeling teas; the balance made up from other production areas. A true estate Darjeeling is your guarantee of quality and genuine Darjeeling tea. The are 3 main times of year for producing good quality Darjeeling's: 1st flush - springtime harvested teas from late Feb. To mid April. The young leaves yield a light tea with generally intense muscatel with 'point'. A gentle afternoon tea. 2nd flush - harvested in June, these teas are more fully developed. The liquor is bright and the taste full and round excellent muscatel. An superb afternoon tea that is especially good with scones and raspberry conserve. Autumnal - not always available depending upon the weather, they are typified by a round taste and coppery liquor. Excellent as a breakfast tea.
