Second Flush – Black Tea

With the onset of summer, Selim Hill’s Black Teas start developing the amber colour that makes it so delectable. This Flush when prepared well, captures the rare muscatel flavour.
Experience the Original Flavour of Darjeeling:

Plucked, packed and dispatched from the source
High in Antioxidants
Healthy caffeine levels
Prepared in limited batches

Know Your Tea - Second Flush

SEASON
Springtime is rudely interrupted at Selim Hill by a brisk round of showers around May
every year. “The slumbering life forces of the forest come alive, the birds, the bees, and
the flowers on the trees,” as Rajah Banerjee likes to put it. Life is gruelling for the ladies
who pluck your teas during this season. They walk far and wide everyday scouting out two
leaves and a bud to make the perfect Second Flush Teas.

DRY LEAF
Dark greenish-brown. Our leaves are rough, long, and bold. Like a Persian carpet, the
inconsistency of our leaves is a mark of the authenticity of our product.

LIQUORING
Bright, deep amber – “like a newly minted copper coin.”

AROMA
Distinct, floral bouquet.

FLAVOURS
Medium-full bodied, the Second Flush teas have a more pronounced palette, and yet it
carries a round, mellow flavour. The distinct sweet flavour of these teas can be identified as
the elusive and mythical muscatel that Darjeeling’s teas are famed for.

LEGEND
Nurtured by the Selim Hill Forest, your Second Flush teas come from a section known as
Meethedhare — sweet buds. Darjeeling’s Second Flush teas are the envy of even the best
wine makers of the world.

PREPARATION
Add 2 teaspoons (2.5 g) and steep hot water for 5 minutes. Brew and enjoy the Original
Taste of Darjeeling.