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Gopaldhara Darjeeling First Flush Oolong Tea 2025 is a premium-grade, 100% fine whole leaf tea harvested during the earliest spring season from the high-altitude Gopaldhara Tea Estate, located between 5500 and 7000 feet elevation. This first production, also known as the Moondrop First Pick, is meticulously hand-plucked to gather only the freshest single leaves and buds emerging post-winter hibernation. The dark green, finely plucked whole leaves produce a unique yellowish liquor with a mellow, sweet, and fruity flavor reminiscent of Indian Gooseberry, notably free from any astringency. Its slow oxidation process ensures a distinctive, new style of Darjeeling first flush oolong tea that offers a rich mouthfeel, lingering aftertaste, and significant health benefits including antioxidant properties that promote overall well-being. This tea represents the perfect harmony between traditional handcrafting methods and limited machine intervention, preserving its exquisite natural aromas, quality, and taste. Ideal for connoisseurs and B2B buyers looking for authentic, high-quality Darjeeling first flush oolong tea for specialty tea blends, gourmet tea retail, and premium hospitality sectors.
Key Features
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| Harvest Season | First Flush (Spring 2025) |
| Tea Type | Oolong Tea |
| Leaf Quality | 100% Fine Whole Leaf with buds |
| Elevation | 5500 to 7000 feet |
| Flavor Profile | Mellow, sweet, fruity with Indian Gooseberry notes, no astringency |
| Processing Method | Light oxidation with minimal machine processing, hand sorted |
| Health Benefits | Rich in antioxidants, supports overall wellness |
| Origin | Gopaldhara Tea Estate, Darjeeling |
| Appearance | Dark green, finely plucked whole leaves and buds |
| Liquor Color | Yellowish cup |
| Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
| Tea Grade | Moondrop First Pick |
| Plucking Standard | Single leaf or two leaves and a bud |
| Oxidation Level | Slightly oxidized (typical Darjeeling first flush style) |
| Dryness and Climate during Harvest | Dry and cool weather ensuring slow growth |
| Processing Techniques | Predominantly hand crafted with limited machinery |
| Packaging | Available as bulk or retail packaging for B2B purposes |
| Shelf Life | 12-18 months when stored properly |
*Disclaimer: The above description has been AI-generated and has not been audited or verified for accuracy. It is recommended to verify product details independently before making any purchasing decisions.
This tea features a unique light oxidation style combined with meticulous hand plucking of only buds and fine whole leaves from high-altitude Gopaldhara estate, resulting in a mellow, fruity flavor without astringency, distinct from typical Darjeeling first flush black or green teas.
The high elevation (5500 to 7000 feet) provides cool, dry, and slow-growth conditions, which enhance the concentration of flavors and develop the smooth, fresh fruity notes that characterize this first flush oolong tea.
The tea is rich in antioxidants due to its light oxidation and fresh leaves that support overall wellness, including potential benefits like improved metabolism, reduced inflammation, and better heart health.
The tea is hand sorted and minimally processed, maintaining premium quality whole leaves and buds, making it ready for direct use in gourmet blends or retail packaging for specialty tea markets.
Garden workers carefully hand-pluck only the finest growing shoots with prominent buds to ensure each batch retains the utmost freshness, minimal mechanization is used to preserve the leaf integrity.
Country Of Origin: India
This is the first production of the spring season from Gopaldhara Tea Estate. The tea has a dark green finely plucked whole leaves with buds. It brews into a yellowish cup that gives spring a fresh and mouthful flavor. It is mellow and sweet and has a fruity flavour of Indian Gooseberry without any astringency. It leaves behind a pleasant and lingering aftertaste. This is Completely a new style of Darjeeling’s first flush oolong tea with health benefits. This Oolong tea health benefits include potential antioxidant properties and support for overall well-being.
The top elevation of Gopaldhara Tea Estates which stretches from 5500 to 7000 FT is planted with the best quality clone. 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 production of the spring season, we have 100% growing shoots and get excellent buds with either a single leaf or two leaves and a bud. The flavour 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 flavours 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 very less. It is a true delight and one of our best Darjeeling First Flush Teas.
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