TEA ESTATES IN DARJEELING

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TEA ESTATES IN DARJEELING
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• Tea gained popularity in the west and through the
  efforts of the East India Company, India has some
  of the best tea growing tea regions in the world.
  Experts from China were brought over to India to
  teach the British and locals how to harvest and
  produce the beverage. By 1823, Assam and
  Darjeeling regions of India were producing large
  quantities of tea. Tea estates were built and
  soon tea plants dominated the rolling hillsides.
  Darjeeling is the most popular tea growing region
  in India and is also world renowned for
  cultivating premium quality teas.

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DARJEELINGDarjeeling is the most popular region
of tea cultivation in the world. Located in the
eastern part of India, this region produces the
much revered tea also known as Champagne of Tea.
This is the region that can be attributed to make
Indian teas popular worldwide. This region
produces black, green, oolong and white teas.
Since, this region is an old tea hub. The
techniques are orthodox to maintain the quality
of tea associated with the craft of tea
cultivation here. The characteristic features of
the teas here are mild bodied, bright colours and
strong astringency. Some of the famous tea
estates from the region are Jungpana, Goomtee,
Makaibari, Singtom, and Gopaldhara. The teas
grownin this region consistently receive awards
in auctions.
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JUNGPANA TEA ESTATE 1899 by Henry Montogomery
Lennox Since 1956

• It was owned by the esteemed Kejriwal family.  It
  is one of the only tea estates that uses original
  British Machinery that has been maintained
  through all these years to make tea, which adds
  to the perfect processing of tea.  They are known
  for their Exquisite quality produce of green,
  black and oolong tea.

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GOOMTEE TEA ESTATE 1899 by Henry Montogomery
It shares close proximity with Jungpana and
Castleton. It was later sold to the Kejriwal
family  who have continued the ownership until
now. The plantation produces black and oolong
teas. Their second flush china bush are a popular
variety
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GOPALDHARA TEA ESTATE 1881

• It is one of the highest tea plantations in the
  district (5500 ft-7000 ft). Before tea the land
  was used to cultivate paddy. The tea seeds took
  very well to the weather and a new name was
  created that would charm tea lovers across with
  their fine quality teas. The estate boasts of
  exquisite qualities of white, green, oolong and
  black teas.

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GIDDAPAHAR TEA ESTATE 1881
Giddapahar, which translates to eagle peak in
English. It does large scale production of the
world famous Darjeeling Tea. This tea estate
produces one of the finest quality of Darjeeling
tea, which is famous across the world. It
features a unique combination of traditional
China, Clonal and Assam bushes. It also produces
green teas in the month of July every year.
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ROHINI TEA ESTATE
The plantation is the newest in the Darjeeling.
It was shut for over 38 years and was reopened in
the year 2000. Today, the total cultivated area
of the garden is around 146 Hectares of which 108
Hectares is young tea. Rohini produces delightful
muscatel rich teas in summer, in its new age
factory.
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SELIM TEA ESTATE 1870 by Mr. Henry Montogomery
Mr. Henry was popularly known as Selim Saheb.
This estate is adjacent to Rohini tea Estate,
Giddapahar Tea Estate and Jogmaya Tea Estate. The
plantation features pure china tea.
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