2023 Darjeeling Autumnal Castleton Tea Estate DJ-716 China

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The prestigious Castleton Tea Estate, known around the world for its fragrant black tea

Founded in 1865, located in the South Kurseong area. Castleton Tea Estate gets its name from the circular castle-like building that once stood on the site. The tea produced by this tea plantation, which has set world records at auction many times, continues to fascinate tea lovers around the world. At an altitude of 1,463m, most of the tea fields spread on south-facing slopes, and even today, when other tea estates are cultivating hybrid varieties, low-growing Chinese varieties are planted. The parent company, which has many famous tea estates, selects a particularly talented person to be the manager of this tea estate, and has a policy of making only high-quality tea under strict control. It is a tea estate that always delivers the highest quality tea to us.

A fragrance nurtured by the Himalayas, Darjeeling

Darjeeling tea is known as one of the world's three major black teas, and is called "the champagne of black tea" due to its delicate and strong aroma. Even if you don't like black tea, it's a famous production area. Darjeeling has three distinct quality seasons: spring, summer and autumn. Autumnal, which is picked from the end of October to November, is the last harvest of the year. Unlike the spring and summer harvesting, when the tea fields are flashed with yellow sprouts spreading out, the temperature drops and the hints of winter begin to grow in the Himalayas in autumn. It is made by collecting tea leaves sprouting here and there from tea trees that have slowed down. For that reason, it will be called Autumnal, not First Flush, Second Flush, Autumn Flush like other quality seasons.