Green Darjeeling - Steinthal Estate

Lovely afternoon tea

I'm a green tea drinker, so I don't usually drink Darjeeling tea. Recently though my wife was trying to track down a Darjeeling she had had some years ago, and which she had found really pleasant. We went back to the shop she had bought it at, but their current offering was not what she remembered at all. After some time, she began to think it may have been a green Darjeeling, whereas all the Darjeeling teas we could find were black teas.

So we did an online search to see whether there was such a thing as a green Darjeeling, and discovered both the Proper Tea Co. and this single estate Darjeeling tea. We bought a small batch to try, and yes, it was indeed the taste that she had remembered. Curious, I tried it too and I found it was a pleasant alternative to my usual jasmine green tea.

So we now have two tea caddies in our normal tea and coffee cupboard – plus a range of other teas elsewhere. My jasmine, and this green Darjeeling.

This afternoon we're packing for a short holiday. Both tea caddies have gone into our luggage!