The Darjeeling tea industry, which has already been reeling under financial crisis, is now staring at a crop loss for its premium first flush tea due to vagaries of the weather. Unfavourable ...

5. Add iced water (sans the ice) to the tea to make enough for 4 glasses and also to dilute the tea which would otherwise be very intensely flavoured. 6. 6. Add mangoes and mint to the chilled tea and ...

A dry spell in Darjeeling, India, is threatening the world's most expensive tea. "Unfavorable weather conditions" delayed the picking of premium first-flush Darjeeling tea from mid-March to early ...

First flush plucking has started and will continue till mid-April ... Of the 87 gardens within the Darjeeling tea industry, 10 gardens have remained closed for more than a year. A planter lamented: ...

In the overseas markets, shipments of Darjeeling tea are generally around 3-3.25 million kgs annually. Europe and Japan are the two large overseas markets for this premium tea, the first product ...