Darjeeling Emerald Green Tea

Savor the Essence of Nature: The Emerald Green Tea from Kurseong Valley, Darjeeling This first flush loose leaf green tea from Kurseong Valley in Darjeeling is an exceptional quality green tea made in small artisanal batches. We chose Darjeeling green tea leaves because of their delectable umami taste. It is very soothing, with lovely buttery, vegetal, and nutty flavors reminiscent of spinach, green beans, and edamame, with an earthy undertone of pine wood. The Emerald Green Tea is a loose leaf tea composed of two leaves or a single leaf, and a bud. After careful hand plucking, the tea leaves are allowed to rest to develop rich flavors, and then this is followed by steaming, drying, and lightly rolling the tea. This well-thought-out and tedious manufacturing process gives one of the finest Indian Darjeeling green teas that we have enjoyed. The Emerald Green Tea blend, is made during the spring season from special Japanese bushes. The bushes are covered in natural shade, which helps pull theanine and other amino acids from the soil into the young tender leaves. The buds, thereby developing the marvelous umami taste. L-theanine is an amino acid analogue that decreases anxiety, stress and helps create a “focused calm” in conjunction with the caffeine present in tea. Like all green teas, the Darjeeling green tea leaves undergo fixation after plucking to prevent oxidation of the catechin polyphenols into flavin polyphenols. Therefore, this Emerald tea has high levels of the polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a natural antioxidant.