SiamTeas Clubbox No7 – “DJ FF BOX” (Darjeeling First Flush)

Description The CLUBBOX @ Siam Tea Shop The SiamTeas Club Box is a flexible format for bundling several types of tea in generously proportioned tasting size on a monthly basis at prefential price. At this, the selection of teas compiled in the box will usually represent a specific topic from the world of tea. Clubbox No.7 @ Siam Tea Shop – Darjeeling First Flush Box click picture(s) to enlarge Edition 7 – “DJ FF BOX” (Darjeeling First Flush Box) The 7th edition of the Clubbox @ Siam Tea Shop is a Darjeeling First Flush Box (“DJ FF BOX”). As such, it offers 25g each of 5 different Darjeeling tea gardens’ most current spring pickings. At this, the selection of the tea gardens represented in the box are according to availability. This means that always first-flush teas from those 5 Darjeeeling tea gardens go into the box whose current FF’s are in stock. As for which ones these are is an information that the shop’s dedicated category page will reveal at any given time: https://www.siam-teas.com/product-category/tea-from-india/first-flush/ If more than 5 first flushes are available, I will make a choice. If there are fewer, the missing variety is replaced by the first flush of an Assam or Nepal garden. At the launch of the box, current first flushes from the following tea gardens are contained in the box: 1. Jungpana 2. Giddapahar 3. Ringtong 4.  Okayti 5. Margaret’s Hope Tea from India at Siam Tea Shop The sustainable trend to more quality with tea on the western market increasingly bears sweet fruit in India, too. Year after year, the mayor tea estates in Darjeeling and Assam compete for the market’s recognition for each season’s best “First Flush“, “Second Flush” or “Autumnal”. However, not only quality comes from India at new levels today, but also completely new diversity of India’s tea portfolio. Black tea, for example, the classic of Indian teas, suddenly comes around in the most diverse appearances. The spectrum reaches from the modern, flowery, spring-hearted first flush to full-bodied, dark roasted second flushes to earthy and malty “autumnals”. The Indian First Flush Season We might know the term “First Flush” from India only. However, there are “first flushes” – first spring pickings – elsewhere, too. Much rather, the first pickings after the winter break enjoy specialty status in all tea growing regions of the world. The main reason for this is the particular, taste-relevant pattern of active substances in the tea leaf after the “winter break”. For once, picking stops for several months during the cold season in all major tea cultivation countries. But it is not only the picking break that brings the tea plants relief. What adds is that the cool climate soothes the plants and promotes the accumulation of active substances. This applies especially in combination with high humidity and/or fog. In spring then, with rising temperatures and days getting longer, the plant drives these active substances into the young leaves and buds. And this is something… you can taste! For more Darjeeling first flush teas follow the link below: Darjeeling First Flushes @ Siam Tea Shop And here’s to our offer of summer-picked (second flush) teas from Darjeeling: Darjeeling Second Flushes @ Siam Tea Shop Beyond that, we offer you a selection of mild aromatic Darjeeling “Autumnals” (autumn flush): Darjeeling Autumnals @ Siam Tea Shop In regard to the topic of Darjeeling tea, the following read is also recommendable: Tea from Darjeeling – Between Colonial Roots and New Identity Related