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STEAMED DARJEELING GREEN TEA - NAGRI FARM - 2nd flushCountry of Origin: India
Region: Darjeeling
Grade: STGFOP1 (Steamed Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe #1)
Manufacture Type: Steamed Orthodox Green Tea
Cup Characteristics: Delicate flavor with muscatel notes. Hints of pungency note its 2nd flush production time.
Infusion: Light green.
Ingredients: Luxury green tea
Information:
In the production of green tea the new leaves are hand plucked and immediately taken to the factory where they are slowly withered to reduce their water content. They are then steamed to remove more water, followed by rolling which achieves the visual appearance. You can see that these teas are machine rolled since the leaf appearance is somewhat mixed and the final product has not been hand sorted (which would result in whole leaf and buds appearing).
The estate is divided into 34 sections. Section 1-5 are bushes that were planted prior to 1883 and section 6-12 were replanted in 1883. Sections 13-34 were subsequently planted over the intervening years. Interestingly these old bushes have a very unique shape - almost bonsai like. Despite the fact that these bushes are extremely hardy, the yield is low. The estate covers 286 hectares (726 acres) and the average yield is 600 pounds per acre - compare this to an estate in Assam (called Keyhung with young bushes) which has a yield of 2000 pounds per acre.