Darjeeling Second Flush Tea 2023: Fresh Updates From The Gardens

 

 

Throughout June, we’ve been traveling across Darjeeling tea plantations to get our hands on the best Second flush Darjeeling tea for you. This year the rains have been incessant and the temperatures have been consistently high. So, we've ensured to get our hands on the highest elevation sections of the tea gardens. 

What is second-flush Darjeeling tea?

Darjeeling Second Flush is an experience of flavor and aroma worth cherishing. It is a full-bodied tea with a muscatel flavor and fruity finish. After Spring's burst of April showers, the tea bushes start flushing with two leaves and buds taut with flavor and nutrition. These orthodox-grade leaves are carefully handpicked during early summer months. They are the finest quality treasured for their yield of golden tippy to beautiful purplish blooms. 

Darjeeling second flush tea leaves are harvested between May to June. That makes the 2nd flush so special is these tender leaves that are voluptuous with refined buds and a well-rounded flavor. A prolonged withering ensures the removal of 65% moisture and the leaves are gently rolled to preserve the flavor-packed polyphenols anti-oxidants.  

Read about Why Darjeeling 2nd Flush is so Special: Secrets of Muscatel Tea

Here are our best-selling 2nd flush 2023

Castleton Moonlight 2nd Flush

The Kurseong Valley has some of the most prized tea gardens in the region such as Castleton and Makaibari. An excellent choice for connoisseurs, this top-quality second-flush Darjeeling tea reveals a bright amber liquor that tantalizes the tongue with complexity of flavors. The juiciness of muscat grapes layered with undertones of sweet caramel and nuts please the senses with the exquisite soft aromatic comfort of roasted chestnuts and cedar wood. 

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Snowview Summer Blossom Second Flush

 

Enjoy this soothing cup of Darjeeling 2nd flush from the quaint tea gardens situated beyond the Teesta Valley that exhibits the memories of a summer afternoon in the hills with the aroma of roasted walnuts in its golden tips tea leaves and sweet tangerines that pour out of its supple copper liquor.

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Singell Premium Reserve Second Flush

 

This Single Estate organic Darjeeling tea from the High altitude of the Himalayan foothills in Singell Tea Estate near Kurseong is a bold summer flush of the clonal variety with a prominent muscatel flavor. An elegant bouquet of slender leaves tipped off by soft golden fleece opens up to emanate a bright cup replete with the mingling of fresh peaches and sweet sultanas. The long stylish orange pekoe tea leaves bloom from this Champagne of Tea from Singell Tea Garden evoke the warmth of pine trees and sweet vanilla & form a rich amber liquor that casts an aromatic spell of tropical fruits such as lychees first to crescendo into a delicious nutty finish.

Arya Diamond 2nd Flush

 

This batch of 2nd flush tea from the Himalayan Slopes of the organic Darjeeling tea garden is an exquisite beauty that uplifts the senses with the pristine essence of peaches. Deep coppery liquour shines through with the soft aroma of summer flowers followed by a strong muscatel punch and a lingering finish of vanilla. 

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Margaret's Hope Moonlight Second Flush 

 

Graceful frosted brown swirls with remarkably shiny silver whiskers invite a warm confectionery aroma of caramel rounded by a floral tingle of ivy. It produces a vibrant brown infusion of whole leaves and buds with an airy freshness of morning dew on grass woven into a soft musky nuance of cantaloupe. The delicately crafted golden yellow liquor is perfumed by tender morning glory and a silky body that encloses rich vanilla notions and opens up to reveal blooms of azaleas and fresh vines that deepen into a perfumed satiny finish of musky cantaloupe. 

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What Does Darjeeling's Second Flush Tea taste like?

It is a discernable beauty on the palate that awakens a feeling of calmness. Like the Taj Mahal,  this tea is a mesmerizing experience packed with an incredibly rich flavor of muscatel grapes.

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Darjeeling Second Flush Tea Benefits 

• Mild caffeine content improves mental focus while ensuring adequate hydration 
• Packed with antioxidants that aid cell rejuvenation and boost metabolism 
• It has a light texture and aids with digestion
• A pleasing aroma helps to relieve stress

How to Drink Second Flush Darjeeling Tea?

Enjoy your Darjeeling Second Flush Tea in its natural flavor and fragrance. This tea is best consumed without any milk or sugar. With its rich full-bodied flavor and smooth texture, the tea pairs excellently with all savoury and sweet delicacies such as pastries, scones, cookies, etc.

How to make a Second Flush Darjeeling Tea?

STEEPING INFO: Follow these simple brewing instructions to make the perfect cup of Darjeeling tea every time: 

1.  Boil fresh water in a kettle. For a Single serving, take 1 cup of water (180 ml) 
2.  Heat the water to 90-95°C. For second-flush or autumn-flush teas 85-95, C. is preferable
3.  Add one teaspoon for each cup into the teapot. So for an 8 oz cup around 2.5 gm of tea leaves would be sufficient.
4. Pour hot water into the teapot and steep the leaves for 3-5 minutes, until the golden tips bloom and release flavor
5. Strain the teapot into your cup.
6. Enjoy the natural flavor of Darjeeling tea without milk or sweeter. 

Additional tips:

• Use Mineral Water that is gently sweet in flavor. Filtered water will also work.
• Mayukh tea leaves can be brewed 2-3 times 
• Make sure the water is not boiling hot but gentle rolling boil
• Store your tea in an airtight container in a cool and dry place 

Which is better first or second flush Darjeeling?

There are three flushes of Darjeeling tea: Spring, Summer, and Autumn. It would be quite a big debate to compare 1st flush and 2nd flush. But, Darjeeling Second Flush Tea manifests some of  the finest clonal and oolong teas. Its luxurious flavor with bright copper hues makes it very different from the soft and flowery Darjeeling First Flush. 

Read More: Darjeeling First Flush Tea  2023 Updates & Offers

Second Flush Assam Tea V/S Second Flush Darjeeling 

The bold and robust teas from Assam are an exquisite beauty by itself. They are rich and well-rounded with a fulsome feel packed with sweet flavors. Darjeeling summer flush on the other hand is a subtle variety with an innate coppery shine and mellow body. It emanates a complexity of rich flavors that are light and refreshing, owing to their unique high-elevation climatic terroir. 

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