What is Darjeeling?

Answer 1

Darjeeling teas are grown in Darjeeling India at around 7000 feet in the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range. Darjeeling tea is one of the most well-known types of tea in the world; it is sometimes referred to as the "champagne of teas", a reference to its quality and its particular aroma, which often resembles muscat grapes, a kind of grape used to produce wine.

Darjeeling tea is mostly black tea but some gardens are experimenting with Darjeeling green, white, and oolong teas. Darjeeling tea is a wonderful tea prized around the world. Usually, when people just say "Darjeeling tea", it refers to black tea. Tea in Darjeeling is classified by flushes, as first flush, second flush, and autumnal flush, referencing the date of harvest; different flushes have different characteristics in terms of appearance, flavor, and aroma, with first flush the lightest and most floral of the three.