Previous server woes - You must have noticed that we were experiencing a whole lot of problems due to our previous server. It was expensive and with very little facilities pertaining to bandwidth and other features. We gave them time to rectify and almost waited for a year! Today they fix it and after a few days, it’s the same. The most inconvenient was the mails not reaching us and the mails we sent were not delivered properly. We had to make a decision and had to shift to a new server. It’s done and hopefully this works out well.

The Live Chat feature added To enhance and serve better, we bought a live chat software from Turnkey Web Tools Inc. We have implemented on our site and our representatives will be online to help you out with your tea orders, queries etc. So now you can have better customer service that is going to be snappy.

Products (Darjeeling Teas) Now to update you with our purchases, we have acquired the latest First Flush and Second Flush Darjeeling teas from 2008. Yes, we bought these during peak quality time and any Darjeeling tea lover would enjoy it! If you are confused as to what is best for you, you can try small quantities of 100 grams each (the smallest allowed quantity you can buy) and decide according to your palate. All the teas are good. If you don’t like any particular tea, return us the tea, properly packed, and we promise to refund you in full!

Click here to Go to First Flush Page!
Click here to Go to Second Flush Page!

Darjeeling Tea Club There is a major change we have applied to our Tea Club – from the USD 120 quote, we have drastically reduced the yearly membership fees to a low cost of USD 59. What do you get from the membership? Well, plain ‘n simple, you get massive discount! You get a discount of flat 20% on any product you purchase from us. Sometimes we reduce the cost of a particular product and members get 20% on top of this reduced price. Suppose your shopping amounts to USD 200 and if you are a member, you just pay USD 160 – You will be saving USD 40 in one purchase. If you are a heavy tea drinker then this option is apt for you.

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Tea Offers From time to time, there will be tea offers on our site. It is recommended that you check our site from time to time. For the latest, check out the Second Flush tea offers (almost sold out) and Autumn Flush offers.

Example offers running right now:
Get 500 grams of Sungma China Classic for USD 16.
Get 400 grams of Puttabong China Fine for USD 15.96
Get 200 grams of Risheehat Flowery for the price of 100 grams.

Mailing List Info Our mailing list is now handled by responsible email marketing and surveying company know as icontact.com . We have done a research on this company and found that it is 100% trust worthy and used by reputed companies and instutions like Symantec, AT&T, The Ohio State University, IPower, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Eaton, Bringham Young University etc. So, there is nothing to fear. You can check their privacy policy and their anti-spam policy.

Thunderbolt Tea Contact Info:
Thunderbolt Tea,
2/2 Kutchery Road,
Darjeeling – 734101
India – 734101
Phone: +91-354-2259619
Web: www.thunderbolttea.com
Blog: www.darjeelingcuppa.com

Support Request can be done by submitting a support ticket. Alternatively you can Chat Online with us if our representatives are online.

Well, a bit of a delay was there in updating the recently procured Second Flush Darjeeling teas to our main Thunderbolt Tea site. The main man concerned (webmaster) with the updating of the site was not feeling well. Anyways, he managed to update it at last with a thermometer tucked below his armpit : ) . Anyways, just wanted to inform.

My daughter, Neha, recently celebrated her 5th Birthday and my place was crowded with relatives, friends and kids. A small tea party was incorporated with the celebration and the kids enjoyed sipping teas camouflaged as different variety of those aerated drinks available in the market. Just wanted the kids to get used to the natural flavors of tea.

Well, there are 6 teas we have procured from Second Flush 2008 - Castleton Muscatel, Badamtam (CL) Tippy, Singell FTGFOP1, Arya Muscatel, Arya Green (GFTGFOP1) and Arya FTGFOP1 Clonal. All of the teas have their own characteristics and trying 100 grams of each will open an opportunity to distinguish one from another.

The line or lot of Castleton Muscatel is exclusive. It would be like promoting the other vendor, but what the hell, the lot we got was divided into 3 invoices - one was taken by Harrods, second by Lupicia and the third, of course Thunderbolt Tea. If you want to get a great Castleton Muscatel from 2008 then you can shop at any of the vendors, but don’t forget us.

Arya Muscatel was made on request and no one has got this tea. Maybe they will make and distribute from next year’s second flush season, but for this year, it is exclusively available at Thunderbolt Tea only. As far as I am concerned, I have slowly fallen in love with Arya and if you have noticed, we have purchased 3 lines from the garden.

The photo right above is my daughter training her taste buds : ) . She actually loves the vigorous and loud intake and the spitting away part. She actually described one tea to have the cheesy character haha! She liked the green.

Anyways, I won’t delve into all - make your palate make the choice - it is recommended that you try 100 grams each and decide what is best for you. Its 12 am and I am feeling sleepy. Actually don’t really know what I have been writing - without any concentration. If you have understood - well and good.

Second Flush 2008 Darjeeling Teas - Direct Link

Yes, didn’t I mention the fact that fav Tea lover Darjeeling teas hardly stay long on our site. If your favorite tea is out for sale, grab it at the earliest. I am sorry to inform tea lovers who were planning on to buy Arya Ruby from us - the tea is out of stock now - ALL SOLD! Its just been about 2 months and not even 100 grams is left. I was thinking of saving about 500 grams of Ruby on my quota but gosh, now I have to wait for the whole year. I too was late I guess. Can’t cancel any others for my sake.

The same thing happened to Castleton Muscatel last year and I guess it will have a similar situation this year.

The deadline to update Second Flush 2008 Darjeeling teas on our main Thunderbolt Tea site was today, but we were unable to do so - it will be updated by tomorrow evening IST.

Update: The three orders which we received before our site could be updated with the “ALL SOLD” notice for Arya Ruby - no worries, your purchase amount will be refunded in full, but if you decide to buy other teas with the amount that is with us, you can just mail us or write to us using our feedback form. You have already been informed about the status of your order by email. If you haven’t received any of such notices, then your order is probably processed.

I would also like to update some info about our Thunderbolt Tea site - We have recently moved to our new server, though you can order hassle free, there may be some features like the support system not working. Please bear with us while we maintain. Your patience is highly appreciated.