Tea type: Mild Oxidized First Flush Tea
Flush: First Flush
Cultivar: AV2
Invoice no: RTE-31/24
Date of picking: April 2024
Grade: FTGFOP1 Clonal Wonder Tea Gold
Elevation: 5500 – 7000 feet
Oxidation: Mild Oxidized Post Rolling
Gopaldhara (RTE-31) Emperor’s Choice – First Flush 2024 – Royal Series
₹ 450.00 / 25 gms tin caddy
Emperor’s Choice is a unique Darjeeling finest First Flush Tea from Gopaldhara Tea Estate, located in Mirik, is one of the highest elevated tea gardens in this region & stretches up to 7,000 feet. It is a very Tippy Tea made from AV2 bushes the most preferred clones of Darjeeling. This Darjeeling finest First Flush Tea has a bright, rich, sweet, balanced cup layered with honey sweetness, in the floral range & is balanced by a complex flavor structure. The taste is very clean & refined, simple in a way, but complex in a different sense. There is no astringency in the tea, and the flavor comes across as full with many notes.
The top elevation of Gopaldhara Tea Estates which stretches from 5500 to 7000 FT is planted with the best quality clone AV2. Also, the bushes are fresh as they have just come out of hibernation from the prolonged winter of almost 4 months from December to March. During the first flush, also known as spring flush, we have 100% growing shoots and get excellent buds with either a single leaf or two leaves and a bud. The flavor is prominent as the weather is also very dry and cool which ensures very slow growth. The garden workers are very careful in their plucking by hand to make sure only the best shoots with prominent buds are plucked. Darjeeling First Flush Teas are known to be slightly oxidized. This tea is also made in the same way but it is sufficiently oxidized to ensure that all the exquisite flavors are prominently present.
The plucking is of such fine quality that the tea only needs to be hand sorted and the machines used to make the tea are significantly less. It is a true delight and one of our best Darjeeling First Flush Teas.
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Hirak (verified owner) –
Slow brewing at 80degree taste great. Always enjoy morning tea with this brand.
Sangeeta Das Saha (verified owner) –
Good tea
Sangeeta Das Saha (verified owner) –
Good tea
Pabak Chatterjee (verified owner) –
The tea is very good – the recipient was very happy
Sangeeta Das Saha (verified owner) –
It is good tea
Hirak Das (verified owner) –
Enjoyed this brand every morning. It is great. Can you provide me with the correct procedure to brew?
Gopaldhara Teas (store manager) –
Step 1: First heat fresh water. When the water just starts to boil switch off the gas.
Step 2: Add 1 teaspoon dry leaf/cup and brew for four to five minutes to taste.
Step 3: After that immediately serve the tea in cups or an alternate pot. Never consumed with milk and sugar and always relished pure.
Gyana Ranjan Dash (verified owner) –
Spring fresh aroma, doesn’t give harsh taste even if you steep for but long by mistake.
Gyana Ranjan Dash (verified owner) –
Perfect spring flowery fragrance, mellow, perfect aroma, clear improvement.
Gyana Ranjan Dash (verified owner) –
First flush flowery fragrance and taste, tasting as good as the 2022 EC was, I still miss the 2021 emperors choice tea.