Thurbo Moonlight Tea First Flush, Top Thurbo Darjeeling Tea

About This Thurbo Moonlight Tea

A super quality clonal tea made from pure AV2 cultivar, Thurbo Moonlight Tea Darjeeling is rich in flavor with a lovely translucent cup. A tea which is extremely limited in quantity. Only 10 kgs of this tea was made. We are just selling 100 gram packs as the max quantity size. So do grab your share of this Thurbo Moonlight Darjeeling Tea before we run out completely.

Thurbo gets it’s name derived from the local Nepalese word “Tombu” which literally means “tent”. Laced with rivers and rivulets Thurbo Tea Garden enjoys magnificent views of Kanchendzonga and surrounding lush green hills of Mirik region. The weather in the garden is usually cold with little sunshine for a few months in the year. The indigenous clonal teas have unique character; this combined with other ‘jats’ like P316 & AV2 grow matchless all round reasonal Darjeeling Teas. Thurbo Tea Estate Teas teas are imbued with a rare, delicate fragrance and command premium prices. Apart from Clonals as this Thurbo Moonlight Darjeeling, the ‘Chinas’ are bright, flavorsome, well rounded and sweet. The top notch tea they make is Thurbo Moonlight Tea.

Benoy at Thurbo Tea Estate getting your teas

A marvelous First Flush Thurbo Darjeeling Tea wholeleaf made from AV2 clonal tea bushes, Thurbo Moonlight Darjeeling, has the most attractive appearance pertaining to its grade. It has an overall excellent bloom. It has an overall greenish/brown appearance with a marvelous blend of dark-bottle green and light green tea leaves. The tea leaves appear bright due to its silver fibers on almost all of the tea leaves. The tea leaves are well rolled and twisted, and undergone fine sorting. It appears wiry and elongated due to its cylindrical twists. It has a very fresh and sweet aroma which accompanies a warm feeling. It also has some mild sense that somewhat resembles white chocolate. This Thurbo Moonlight Darjeeling has a complex set of underlying tones of lovely floral character. Mild spice like character can be observed as well.

This Darjeeling First Flush has an attractive bright infusion with an overall greenish appearance. The overall greenish appearance comes mixed with different colors of light and bottle green with a slight hint of light yellow as well. The yellowish color character of this Darjeeling Thurbo Moonlight infusion we observed, imparted to the color of the tips or buds which is also a flawless blend of yellow and light brown colors. It has sweet honey toned aroma which is accompanied by faint fruity notes which resembles orange peels. It has a complex floral scent layered one upon another which could confuse the mind in trying to find the exact match.

It has a marvelous golden-yellow cup and resembles the color of the sun while it is setting down – this is the reason we would like to call this “sun in the cup”. The cup color is light as reminiscent of a First Flush classic Darjeeling Tea which is lively and fresh smelling. This Thurbo Darjeeling Tea has a beautiful floral aroma and also somewhat “honey like” in character. Slightly vegetal and minty, but well balanced by prominent sweet and nutty characteristics which resemble almonds. It has a mild buttery mouth-feel with some slight hints of spiciness. Some mild astringency accompanied by well balanced nutty and sweet character makes this Thurbo Darjeeling Tea extremely enjoyable. It leaves a sweet and buttery aftertaste at the tip of the tongue.

This is one top grade clonal variety Darjeeling First Flush 2022 tea. Don’t miss on this tea as this is one of the teas made from the first round of pluckings, tender and fresh and given to us as a premium invoice from Thurbo Tea Estate. You will know it when you have tasted it :).

The bulk wooden Tea chest of Thurbo Tea Garden proves – it’s Genuine! We always sell Genuine!