Darjeeling Tea - All tea grown in Darjeeling is Not
Darjeeling Tea!
Darjeeling Tea
Darjeeling tea is India’s first Gitagged product. Only 87 Tea Gardens with Unique and Complex Agro-climatic conditions within the District of Darjeeling are granted GI Tagged Status, and are monitored by the Tea Board of India.
Darjeeling tea is well-known around the world. It grows in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. This tea is unique because of its flavor profile, and the leaves can be refined in different ways like black, green, white or oolong tea.
Champagne of Teas
Darjeeling Tea became the first GI Tagged product in India, in 2004 and is the only tea in the world to get protection under the GI trademark and is known as the “Champagne of Teas”.
This tea is India’s first Gitagged product. Only 87 Tea Gardens with Unique and Complex Agro-climatic conditions within the District of Darjeeling are granted GI Tagged Status, and are monitored by the Tea Board of India.
GITAGGED Darjeeling Tea User License No. DJ/681/01122020/PKT.
Uniqueness:
- Processing Method : Traditional “Orthodox”.
- Purely Organic.
- Finest Tea Grade FTGFOP1
- Known as the “Champagne of Teas”.
- First GI Tagged Product of India (2004).
- A Darjeeling tea bush yields only 100 gms of made tea in a year.
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Specification of Darjeeling Tea:
This Tea is made from Camellia Sinensis that is grown and processed in the Darjeeling District in West Bengal, India.
The distinctive, exclusive, and rare character of this Tea is a result of the combination of plant genes, soil chemistry, elevations, temperature, and rainfall unique to the Darjeeling hills.
Leaves: The leaves are small, leathery, dark, glossy green in color often covered with a downy silvery pubescence. These leaves are harvested by plucking the plant’s only a few top young and juicy leaves and the bud, from March to November.
Do you know 1kg Processed Leaf = 20,000 Individual Hand Picked Leaf Shoots
Each kilogram of fine tea consists of more than 20,000 individual hand picked leaf shoots (bud of a tea leaf before it opens from its natural curled up form).
Features of Darjeeling Tea:
- 100% Authentic
- First GI Tagged Product of India
- Premium Quality Tea
- Distinct and unique flavor
Conclusion:
Grading of tea is very important to define its quality to the consumer. There are four main groups : Whole leaf, Broken leaf, Fannings and Dust. under these main groups are
subgroups which are graded according to the quality and leaf sizes. The Darjeeling whole leaf teas are one of the best tea leaves to enjoy the highest tea aromas and taste.
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