Darjeeling - 2nd Flush Organic FTGFOP1 Singell Estate

£6.95

Full and very aromatic 2nd Flush has as soft and velvety muscatel flavour. Singell is one of the oldest tea plantations of the 70 tea gardens in Darjeeling.Since the mid-eighties Plantage has been producing organic cultivars.In the infusion you can find the typical Darjeeling teas from the second picking season typically bright bronze color.The uniform short leaf is very carefully processed and has many silvery tips.This full-bodied and very aromatic second flush impresses with its soft-velvety muscatel aroma.

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Flowery consists of large leaves, typically plucked in the second or third flush with an abundance of tips. Golden flowery includes very young tips or buds (usually golden in colour) that were picked early in the season. Tippy includes an abundance of tips. for more information about tea classification / grading - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_leaf_grading

Grade	Description
OP	Orange Pekoe Main grade, consisting of long wiry leaf without tips.
OP1	More delicate than OP; long, wiry leaf with a light liquor.
OPA	Bolder than OP; long leaf tea which ranges from tightly wound to almost open.
OPS	Orange Pekoe Superior Primarily from Indonesia; similar to OP.
FOP	Flowery Orange Pekoe High-quality tea with a long leaf and few tips, considered the second grade in Assam, Dooars, and Bangladesh teas, but the first grade in China.
FOP1	Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the FOP classification.
GFOP	Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe Higher proportion of tip than FOP. Top grade in the Milima and Marinyn regions, but uncommon in Assam and Darjeeling.
TGFOP	Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe The highest proportion of tip, and the main grade in Darjeeling and Assam.
TGFOP1	Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the TGFOP classification.
FTGFOP^[a]	Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe Highest quality grade.
FTGFOP1 STGFOP SFTGFOP	Limited to only the highest quality leaves in the FTGFOP classification.

Type of Tea	Quantity of Tea	Water Temp	Steeping Time
White	3-5g per cup	70c	5-6 mins
Green	3-5g per cup	75c	2-5 mins
Black	3-5g per cup	95c	4-6 mins
Oolong	3-5g per cup	95c	5-8 mins
Pu-erh	3-5g per cup	95c	4-6 mins

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