“Dry Aroma: heady floral and spicy notes, muscatel and clover Wet Aroma: sweetly muscatel almost metalic hints, caramel, wood spice Appearance:mottled brown-green, moderate generally uniform...” Read full tasting note
G S Haly website :
There are four distinctive picking seasons and over 70 gardens to choose from in the Darjeeling tea-growing district. The G.S. Haly Co. purchases teas primarily from the First Flush (February/March) and Second Flush (June/July) because of the distinctive characteristics of the first two flushes of the growing season.
First Flush is purchased in limited quantity. Teas purchased during the peak of the season are flown into San Francisco, delivering the freshest tea anywhere in the world outside of the growing region. First Flush teas have a very bright floral cup and are often compared to the young, Beaujolais production of wines.
Second Flush production is the primary base for stock Darjeeling inventories. The G.S. Haly Co.’s mission is to find the classic muscatel character, for which Darjeelings are famous. Darjeeling offerings range from the heavier TGBOP types right through to the lighter, more floral TGFOP teas.
‘a mellow, delicate cup that also has a fancy leaf’
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