Hi folks, this is just an update to inform you all that all of Second Flush 2008 Darjeeling teas have been procured. The most wanted Castleton Muscatel is one of the prized possessions this Second Flush.

While purchasing in Castleton Tea Garden, I was given a choice by Mr. D.B. Gurung, the tea maker, to choose from two grades 1) various grades of Castleton Muscatel and 2) Castleton Moonlight. The dry leaves of both the teas, Castleton Muscatel and Castleton Moonlight, were excellent and really aromatic, but in the cup, Muscatel grade was way ahead of what I was seeking in a “Castleton Second Flush tea”. I don’t mean to degrade the Moonlight grade, but I had to skip its purchase due to its “fishy” taste in the tongue and nose (smell). It seems that you are in a fish market, though some may like it! : ) No offence! But I would like to be straight! ‘Moonlight’ cup was light as eminent because Moonlight is actually a clonal product rather than the china grade. I have noticed that clonals are not successful in bringing out the eminent muscatel nose. ‘Castleton Muscatel’ is produced from special china grade leaves meant for the special purpose of making muscatel tea. What Darjeeling has been boasting for decades - “muscatel” character is prominent in “Castleton Muscatel”. After observing for several years, no other tea garden have been successful in producing another muscatel second flush tea as Castleton have been doing it for years.

Anways, I will just update the list of teas we have procured. Well these have not been updated to our main site yet and will be updated by Tuesday or Wednesday. But we have made it a point to make it available for you right here. Yes, you can order from this very page by just clicking on the order links. You will be taken to our payment processor site right away i.e. 2checkout.com - Just click on “continue shopping” and you will be brought back to this page where you can order other teas as well.

List of teas for Second Flush 2008 Darjeeling Teas:

1) Castleton Muscatel (DJ 132)
2) Arya Muscatel (SFTGFOP1) (EX 21)
3) Arya Green Tea (GFTGFOP1) (EX 24)
4) Badamtam (CL) Tippy (DJ 189)
5) Singell FTGFOP1 (EX 32)
6) Arya Clonal FTGFOP1 (EX 26)

Some more may add up to the list, but for the present, this is what we have stocked from Second Flush 2008. Haven’t been able to click photos as well, just finished clicking Badamtam (CL) Tippy of which I am attaching it below - has a lot of golden buds or tips and less of silver tips. Golden tips is a sign of high quality tea. This Badamtam has it all. Check it out! Darn that photo didn’t come out as fine as the leaves look : (

Will delve into this matter more later on! In the meantime, those tea connoisseurs waiting eagerly for Darjeeling Second Flush teas from 2008 can order on this post. Update to the main site may take sometime, but most likely be up by Tuesday or Monday.

Hope you like our Second Flush Darjeeling Teas from 2008!!

Update (July 9):
The “purchase links” from this page have been removed - it has been updated to our main Thunderbolt Tea site - You can now purchase the Second Flush Darjeeling Teas - Here!

A sigh of relief with the transfer of Thunderbolt Tea and Darjeeling Cuppa to a new server. I don’t mean to be harsh to my previous server, but it was too unreliable with a lot of downtimes and mail problems. I stuck to them for quite sometime but I just couldn’t bear the inconvenience any longer. Our webmaster had to hunt for a new server space and found one. Many of our client emails could not be delivered and we apologize for the inconvenience. In order to give you a better customer experience and support, we had to do the server migration. Hope this one lives up to the standards of being a good host.