On Oct 22, 2:17 pm, 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?

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?

They are definitely different teas. Quality is quality. A Darjeeling
is neither an Assam or a Nilgiri.
They taste differently. They look and smell differently.
Considering them all in the same ballpark is comparing apples and
oranges. It all depends on what you're looking for in a tea.
Shen