Ferris wrote:
I am looking to buy some slightly higher grade tea than what I'm used
to and I was looking on Upton's website at their selection of Indian
Black teas. I was amazed at the price disparity between their
Darjeelings and their Nilgiris or Assams. Maybe I'm being naive, but
is that difference really representative of quality? Or is this just
Darjeeling name value?

Much of it is name value, and much of it is the fact that most of the
darjeelings are a very different style.

If I was just going by prices, I'd think that Darjeelings must be so
much better than Assam and Nilgiri that I shouldn't bother with the
latter two. That's a fallacy, right?

Well, they are a totally different style tea these days. If you like
the Darjeeling but don't want to pay as much, consider some of the
Sikkim teas that are less oxidized. They have much of the Darjeeling
character for less.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."