Liza Hill Floral Enigma (cl) 2020

Liza Hill Floral Enigma

Liza Hill Tea Estate was a part of Risheehat which was later divided into two estates. Liza Hill mostly comprises of the Darjeeling clonal variety and is one of the highest elevation tea gardens in Darjeeling. The factory is perched on a hill top with Orange Valley and Arya Tea Estate lying on adjacent side but on different hills and slopes. It is an organic tea garden owned by Jayshree Tea and Industries Ltd. Liza Hill flushes a bit slow due to the slow growth of its tea bushes – simply because of its high altitude. All high grown teas growing among mysterious mist and fog are said to have high quality production and Liza Hill undoubtedly belongs to this ‘high quality tea production’ category, be it in relation to First, Second or Autumn Flush. Mr. Kumar, the manager of Liza Hill Tea Estate, is one fine person and an awesome tea maker. He sampled us a huge bunch of tea samples and we chose 2 teas, one china from Risheehat and this awesome floral and sweet clonal from Liza Hill – both can be set to be fine examples of high grown and quality Darjeeling First Flush teas.

The dry tea leaves of this clonal variety from Liza Hill has an attractive bloom, larger than normal size and stylish in appearance. Longish/elongated, well rolled and twisted. It has an overall greenish appearance which forms an inherit First Flush character. Apart from the overall greenish appearance, it has a flawless natural blend of complex set of colors – different shades of greens, browns, grays and whites. It has a beautiful luster with most of the tea leaves having a furry attire originating from marvelous tiny and shiny white hairs. The presence of silver hairs on tea leaves depict careful manufacture and a first instance of high quality tea. It has high content of silver tips or buds, kept intact, and got from early First Flush pluckings from lush green special clonal tea leaves. It has a marvelous spicy element added with its other aromatic properties. It has a fresh and sweet smell, honey toned, with mild saltiness. Slightly caramellic which runs parallel with a nutty nose like that of roasted almonds. It also comes with a marvelously crafted floral nose and fruity aroma.

It has an authentic and even infusion with an overall appearance of green mixed with slight yellow and brown tinge here and there. The infusion is bright and lively and is very tempting to taste the cup. It is said that the infusion can foretell the quality of the cup and in this case, the cup outta be real good. The temptation builds up even more with its sweet and lovely floral nose which seems decked up with a complex set of different varieties of floral essence. Slight veggie notes can be found as well accompanied by mild fruity and nutty character.

A beautiful golden brew that is light and bright in character. The body is light, but the sip you take in, fills your mouth with buttery effects. The cup has a welcoming smooth character with light and desirable astringency that affects upper part of your buccal cavity and slowly spreads to the middle of the tongue. It has an exceptional sweet honey toned quality flavor which seems to linger on as an aftertaste. It has a beautiful light floral flavor along with some nutty characteristics.

One super fine quality First Flush Darjeeling clonal tea from Liza Hill Tea Estate. Each tea garden has its own specialty and many came our way, but we had to reject quite a number when a comparison was done with this – thus this tea was procured. We surely would like to recommend you this tea for its super quality.