Nilgiri - Glendale OP

An excellent quality Nilgiri with a superb flavour and a jammy character. Glendale is one of the premiere tea estates of the Nilgiri district and noted for its superb flavour teas. This quality is only available in January and the average price during this time is generally between 2 to 3 times the price at other times of the year. Glendale is a large tea estate for the Nilgiri district: the estate covers nearly 1181 acres, of which 900 acres is under tea cultivation. The majority of the estate is clonal which accounts for the high quality of this tea. Clonal means that the majority of the bushes come from about 3 or 4 'mother bushes'. The mother bushes were selected because they made the best quality tea - clearly evident in the cup. The estate employs nearly 2500 people and if you consider the average family size is four, it means the estate supports nearly 10,000 people - certainly a large social responsibility!

Please note: In order to become more environmentally-friendly we no longer add large coloured labels to our tea packets. Simply peel off the small name label from the back of your packet to make it totally biodegradable! Gift tubes are as shown.