BLACK TEA: Glenburn Summer Darjeeling, India

Glenburn Summer Darjeeling
Black tea, India

Flavour: malt, rose, oak, walnut
This second flush, July 2024 harvest tea comes from Glenburn Tea Estate, Darjeeling, India.

The leaves infuse into a gorgeous, rust-coloured liquor that releases a deep, wood and fruit aroma. When you sip, notes of malt, rose, oak and fresh, raw walnuts cascade over each other. This tea is lovely hot-steeped, or cold brewed in sparkling water.

High in the Himalayas, Glenburn Tea Estate is located above the Rungeet river, overlooked by the Kanchenjunga mountain range. It was started in 1859 by a Scottish tea company who then passed it on to one of India’s pioneering tea families, the Prakashes, who’s hands it remains in today.

This tea works beautifully hot-steeped or cold-brewed in sparking water. 

Preparation: Hot steep: 2 - 3 minutes at 95° (two infusions). Cold-brew sparkling: add 4 grams of dry leaves to a 330ml bottle of sparkling water. Chill in the fridge for two hours then strain and serve. 

Infusions: specialty tea leaves can all be steeped at least twice, and often more, so each 3 gram serve (150 mls - a standard teacup size), will give you two cups ('infusions') if you steep the leaves twice. On the back of your pouch under 'Steep', you can find the number of infusions for your tea.

If you infuse your leaves at least twice, your pouch will give you the following cups of tea (or more if you infuse your leaves more times):

50 grams - 33 cups
100 grams - 66 cups
200 grams - 133 cups

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