First Flush · White

White Wonder · Silver Needle

Tender unopened buds, barely processed — the quietest, rarest expression of the garden.

Estate
Usual source: Giddapahar · 4,500 ft
Grade
Silver Needle
Caddy
50g caddy

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The ritual · how to pour it

Whole leaf orthodox

Water

80–85°C

Leaf / 150ml

2g

Steep

5 min

Infusions

Once

One unhurried pour, when a single cup is all the moment asks for.

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In the cup

Aroma
White blossom, honey, fresh hay.
Cup
Pale champagne, delicate and silken.
Finish
Soft, sweet and lingering.

Character

Brightness
Body
Aroma

Brew — whole leaf, several steeps

Water
80–85°C
Leaf / 150ml
3g
Steep
4–5 min
Infusions
3+
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The story of the leaf

Silver Needle is made from the bud alone — the unopened tip of the shoot, picked one by one in the first weeks of spring before it unfurls into leaf. It takes a great many buds, and a great deal of restraint, to fill even a small caddy.

The processing is nearly nothing at all: the buds are withered slowly in mountain air and dried, hand-rolled and untouched by rolling machines or oxidation. What remains is the leaf at its most honest — pale silver, downy, and tasting faintly of honey, blossom and the cool air of 4,500 feet.

Pale champagne in the cup, white blossom and honey in the nose — a tea that rewards a longer steep and a quieter room.

Certified · Registered · Traceable

Darjeeling GI

100% pure & fresh Darjeeling tea

Certified by the Tea Board of India under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.

With the rise of adulterated Darjeeling teas blended with leaf from other regions, the licences are what tell them apart. Every tea we carry is sourced fresh from the garden and sold under our own certified trade mark licence.

  • FSSAIFSSAI Licence
  • ISO 9001:2015 — certified by QROISO 9001:2015 · QRO
  • ISO 22000:2018 — certified by QROISO 22000:2018 · QRO
  • Tea Board of India · Buyer Registration
  • Tea Board of India · Exporter’s Business Licence
  • RCMC · Tea Board

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