Description
This Grand Cru is produced in the Sungma tea estate, in India. It is produced from a highly fine crop of delicate buds and spring leaves. These first harvests of the year develop unparalleled freshness and aromatic complexity.
A powerful spring Darjeeling tea whose delicate astringency lengthens its intense vegetal and floral notes.
Special qualities
- Origin:
- Darjeeling, India
- Tea colour:
- Black Tea
Tasting notes
Feuille sèche
Appearance: small twisted leaves
Colour: green and silvery
Notes: toasted, fruity, floral
Infusion
Notes: vegetal, floral
Liqueur
Colour: amber
Texture: delicate astringency that prolongs the perfumes
Flavour: delicate bitterness
Notes: vegetal, camphor, artichoke, bitter almond, toasted bread
Suggestion of preparation
With the teapot or the tasting set: 3’45 minutes in water heated to 180°F.
Spring Darjeelings may sometimes develop a fine astringency. For those who are sensitive to the tannin structure of these teas, a cold infusion, or an infusion at a lower temperature (160-175°F) is recommended.
Grands Crus: savour the exceptional
Rare and ephemeral, teas identified as Grands Crus by Palais des Thés are the result of alchemy between a tea plant variety, its terroir and the talent of an artisan grower. Meticulously plucked, processed and sourced in the most respected tea gardens, our Grands Crus unveil unique flavours that reflect the refinement of their origins.