Darjeeling, Arya Royal Emerald Second Flush Organic Green Tea

From the renown Arya Tea Estate in Darjeeling, India, Emerald is a unique Himalayan green tea worth having. It proves that you don't have to be from China or Japan to make a credible green tea! In practice, most Darjeeling estates give little importance to the production of green tea.  Those that do produce it tend to do so during the off-season during the monsoons. Arya, however, produces this jewel of a green tea during the peak season using its best AV2 clonal tea bushes. Emerald mingles the very delicate characteristics of a classic Darjeeling with those of a first rate China green. This attractive--no, elegant--well-made tea has small, delicate leaves in lovely hues of golden-green and sea-green. with an abundance of silver tips (a quality that is very rare with other Darjeeling green teas.)  The leaves are well-twisted and rolled, both wiry and silky to the touch. The sweet, faintly vegetal aroma of the dry leaf suggests carrot and squash with a touch of spinach. Once infused the well-twisted and rolled leaf unfurls to reveal the original size and shape of the leaf. The infused leaf is a light yellow-green and highly aromatic with fruity, flowery notes and faint vegetal undertones. The liquor is clean and bright, a pale and sparkling-fresh yellow-green. It has a nicely rounded sweetness, at once both floral and fruity, with a faint astingency without the slightest trace of bitterness. Emerald responds very well to a lighter steep and slightly cooler water temperatures.  Ingredients: Artisan Green Tea Origin: Darjeeling, India