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Darjeleeing White Tips
A very rare tea from the Darjeeling area where each leaf is hand selected. The cup is faintly muscatel with a hint of white wine notes.
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Country: India
Tenzing Norgay grew up surrounded by tea plantations and soaring mountain peaks in the town of Darjeeling Typically, a steaming pot of tea would have been on the boil in his home nearly every minute of the day. Although most of his fellow Sherpas drank a more traditional cup of black tea or spiced chai, Tenzing apparently preferred to quaff piping bowls of fresh White Tips. And why not? White Tip is the of the world’s finest teas. The tea is produced using the two leaves found around a new tea shoot at the very top of the bushes. These are hand sorted and then gently steamed and dried under a soft heat. The result is an incredibly light fresh flavor with mild muscatel notes, typical of all good Darjeelings, rounded by underlying tones of white wine. Pair the unbelievable flavor with the fact that White Tips contain at least 3 times the antioxidant polyphenols of green or black teas, and have lower levels of caffeine, and you have a winning cup.
Perfect any time of day, Darjeeling White Tips is a tea you’ll brew again and again. Try a cup in the morning, or as a palate cleanser after a spicy meal - stunning!
Brewing Tips - Hot Tea: When preparing by the cup, this tea can be used repeatedly (à la chinoise) - about 3 times. The secret is to use water that is about 180°F or 90°C. Place 1-2 teaspoons of leaves in your cup and let the tea steep for 3 minutes. Then begin enjoying a cup of enchantment - do not remove the leaves from the cup. Once the water level is low - add more water, and so on - until the tea flavor is exhausted. Alternatively for 1 time use, add boiling water and steep for 3-5 minutes according to taste. Milk or sugar will mask the delicate characters of this tea and are not recommended. Look at the pattern of the leaves - they foretell life.
Brewing Tips - Cold Tea: It is not customary to make iced tea from white tea, nevertheless if you wish to do so we would recommend the following method: Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste. [A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced tea is to double the strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water.]
Darjeleeing White Tips
White tea - quite possibly the most delicately flavored beverage available in the world today. Although they are generally associated with China, and in particular Fujian province, white teas of very high quality have been produced in India for many years. Not as long as in China however where white tea has been produced since at least the 12th century. At that time, the Emperor Hui Tsung declared that it was the finest tea available in all of the country. In India, although white tea may not have as much history, it is still highly esteemed. Why? Well, legend has it in some circles that Darjeeling white tips, the tea you hold now in your hands was the favorite tea of none other than Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two men to Summit Mount Everest. (If that’s not a healthy endorsement for a tea we don’t know what is!)Tenzing Norgay grew up surrounded by tea plantations and soaring mountain peaks in the town of Darjeeling Typically, a steaming pot of tea would have been on the boil in his home nearly every minute of the day. Although most of his fellow Sherpas drank a more traditional cup of black tea or spiced chai, Tenzing apparently preferred to quaff piping bowls of fresh White Tips. And why not? White Tip is the of the world’s finest teas. The tea is produced using the two leaves found around a new tea shoot at the very top of the bushes. These are hand sorted and then gently steamed and dried under a soft heat. The result is an incredibly light fresh flavor with mild muscatel notes, typical of all good Darjeelings, rounded by underlying tones of white wine. Pair the unbelievable flavor with the fact that White Tips contain at least 3 times the antioxidant polyphenols of green or black teas, and have lower levels of caffeine, and you have a winning cup.
Perfect any time of day, Darjeeling White Tips is a tea you’ll brew again and again. Try a cup in the morning, or as a palate cleanser after a spicy meal - stunning!
Brewing Tips - Hot Tea: When preparing by the cup, this tea can be used repeatedly (à la chinoise) - about 3 times. The secret is to use water that is about 180°F or 90°C. Place 1-2 teaspoons of leaves in your cup and let the tea steep for 3 minutes. Then begin enjoying a cup of enchantment - do not remove the leaves from the cup. Once the water level is low - add more water, and so on - until the tea flavor is exhausted. Alternatively for 1 time use, add boiling water and steep for 3-5 minutes according to taste. Milk or sugar will mask the delicate characters of this tea and are not recommended. Look at the pattern of the leaves - they foretell life.
Brewing Tips - Cold Tea: It is not customary to make iced tea from white tea, nevertheless if you wish to do so we would recommend the following method: Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste. [A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced tea is to double the strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water.]