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Default Cheap Darjeelings

I've had only a few darjeelings. I found them all perfectly
acceptable, but weak. For afternoon tea, I've been exploring the
greens and whites, instead. Toci
Mårten Nilsson wrote:
> I've bought Twinings Darjeeling (loose) and I don't like it at all. I've
> also tried other cheap brands (lipton, I belive) and it was also worthless.
> This would lead me to the conclusion that I simply dont like darjeeling
> if it wasn't that I have also tried some First Flush from the teastore
> and it was not only good, it was nothing like the Twinings or Lipton
> varieties.
>
> So do I have a question? Is there some kind of standard Darjeeling or
> is it a very wide category? Can you expect anything from a tea bearing
> that name?