Singell 2nd Flush

We frequently purchase tea from this estate located in the Mirik Valley, India. You can count on Binod Mohan of Tea Promoters and his staff to make great tea. The growers allow a leafhopper (Jacobiasca formosana) to attack the tea leaves. The plants release a compound in self-defense that we find deliciously similar in flavor to muscatel grapes. It has an interesting story—the tea plant protects itself from insect attack by creating a compound that has a wonderful muscatel aroma.