Darjeeling Margarets Hope “Black Diamond” Super Specialty Tea 2023 Second Flush

Margarets Hope Darjeeling Tea "Black Diamond"

Yes, it’s every tea maker’s dream each season, each year to come out with a tea that stands tall among other teas produced by other tea makers from various other tea gardens. There are around 87 working tea gardens in Darjeeling and each will produce one benchmark tea to showcase their prized possession. This will in turn somewhat compete with other tea garden prized possessions. This Margaret’s Hope Darjeeling Tea is such a tea which Margaret’s Hope produced in an extremely limited quantity from the finest clonal tea leaves to showcase their tea garden’s True Quality. DJ-159 invoice is solely with us and not shared with any other vendor except our clients. So please rejoice that you have the liberty of sipping this Celestial Brew! It’s a real Diamond among all the Second Flush Teas. We advise you try it. Grab your share before we run out.

According to Margaret’s Hope Darjeeling, this tea is prepared with special section/area AV2 clonal tea leaves. Each tea garden has a best or quality tea leaves growing area and this Margaret’s Hope Darjeeling Tea has been picked from the finest clonal growing section. A lot of labor has been put by the women tea pickers of Margaret’s Hope Tea Garden and thanks to them for making this tea possible. This “Black Diamond” has an overall attractive bloom with a definite luster which are fairly larger in size than the normal classic graded Darjeeling Tea. It has elongated leaves, wiry with dark yellowish and chocolate brown color. There is HUGE abundance of silver and golden tips, quite remarkably handled during processing. The yellowish color are mainly that of the golden buds. It has a rich smell which seemingly bears similarity to that of a complex mixture of chocolate, mint and fresh fruits. The nutty/almond like aroma is also worth mentioning here. Fruity all the way!

The infused tea leaves of this Margarets Hope Second Flush Tea beautifully opens up and occupies quite a space on the inverted lid of the tea tasting cup. The infused leaf size depicts the original size of the tea leaf. This Black Diamond Darjeeling has a lively brown/coppery overall infusion with the golden and silver tips/buds turning pale yellow in color. One leaf and a bud is quite visible. It has a sweet fragrance with slight hints of lemon. It also has a nutty character which comes coated with the complexity of different fruits, rather complex set of underlying fruity tones.

This Margaret’s Hope Darjeeling has quite a full bodied cup, turning dark reddish in color, but not as strong as their chinary teas which are of course smaller in size. Classic Darjeelings always bear that tiny size china styled leaves, but opposed to it, and being a clonal, this tea has a light and bright golden/red brew and the tea leaves are much much larger in size. The cup has a bright liquor and the tea is brisk. It has an instant sweetness that fills the mouth while sipping. It lends a marvelous nutty character with complex and overwhelming undertones of complex set of fruitiness, reminiscent of ripe apples and pineapple dominating.

This Margaret’s Hope Darjeeling is one of the highest grade 2023 Second Flush tea Margaret’s Hope has produced this Second Flush. Seriously, we advise all tea connoisseurs to try this tea and experience what a high grade Darjeeling tastes like. We guarantee you that it will be worth every penny you spend. Taste the Black Diamond and know for yourselves!

Water

Use plain filtered or spring water abundance in oxygen. Do not re-use already boiled water for the taste may appear flat.

Temperature

It can be from 203-212 Degree F. Classic Second Flush clones are more delicate than its china varieties. If your water is too hot, let it cool down for a while.

Quantity of Tea leaves

Standard procedure says 2.5 grams per 100 ml of water, but may not be correct as it is complex due to different cultivars, leaf sizes and make. For classic clones which are smaller than the specialized clones, it is recommended that you use 1 teaspoonful of tea. Experiment with some more, but if the tea leaves are greater, there is a chance of tea becoming bitter. Clones such as these are less better than its china varieties.

Steeping Time

Steeping time for this tea is 3-4 minutes.