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Default Any Darjeeling Tea Drinkers

On Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:49:08 AM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
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> >Looking A Darjeeling Tea lover in this group.

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> Well, I'll ask this question of you, then.
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> When I was a kid, Darjeeling teas were much darker than they are today.
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> It seems that over the years they have become less and less fermented.
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> I have been told that what I need to ask for in order to get the old style
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> darker tea is a "fully-withered Darjeeling." I have found a few of them,
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> such as the Rohini Enigma and one of the Puttabong estate teas.
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> What other ones are out there?
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> --scott
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> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


I've tended to find Darjeelings too weak for my taste. Do the fully withered ones have more character? Toci