I’ve enjoyed a week of tasting some really amazing teas! Various friends have given me samples of unusual and rather special leaves to try and I
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Glendale Nilgiri Frost, Japanese Pan-Fried and Darjeeling Singbulli First Flush
Thiashola – Paradise in the Blue Hills of Southern India
I mentioned in my last blog that I had recently been in the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India at the invitation of the family who owns two stunningly beautiful plantations there - Thiashola and Daverashola. (The photo shows us being welcomed at… read more...
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Teas from Okayti and Thiashola
Posted by jane on Monday, August 3rd 2009 under: Brewing and serving tea, Darjeeling teas, Nilgri teas, Tea travel
Today is tasting day! I was recently sent some samples of teas made at Okayti Tea Estate in Darjeeling and at Thiashola Tea Estate in the Nilgiris and I’ve had fun brewing and tasting them.
When I visited Okayti a few years ago, I was impressed by the range of speciality teas that Antriksh Kumbat makes there - as well as the First Flush teas… read more...
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