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Wishing all our friends of Boston Tea Campaign a great year 2013!
 

According to some sources 1621 marked the beginning of thanksgiving festivities in the US. About the same time tea began its triumphal procession into British culture and eventually was exported to the US as well... The rest is known history.
We wish you a happy time with family and friends and recommend a nice darjeeling to complete the feast!
 

Today is Diwali, the biggest and brightest of Indian religious festivals - in it's importance similar to christmas. Diwali is also called the festival of light. Traditionally lots of small oil-lamps made out of clay shall guide the goddess Lakshmi to the homes to bring prosperity and beauty... Small gifts are being exchanged and especially for the children there are a lot of sweets!
 

Second Flush 2012 in 1-kg-packages or in 250g-packages is now available! Just the friends of Second Flush Gardentea have to be a bit more patient, the single estate tea is due to arrive by the end of November...
 

Friends of Second Flush will have to stay patient, especially those who have ordered Second Flush Gardentea...
The growth of tea leaves is influenced by phases of the moon and has been delayed this year, accordingly the time of harvest was rather late. Furthermore the first samples we received were not up to our high standard of quality, so our buying had to wait. Finally we selected splendid Second Flush and would have loved to ship it immediately to you but the shipping lines enforced slow steaming to make up for increased costs for energy. Instead of 3,5 to four weeks it takes up to eight weeks before the tea reaches us. Well then, it is worthwile waiting, airfreight is no desired option for us and the Second Flush really tastes great. Second Flush will probably be availabe by the end of November, should the tea arrive earlier we will of course ship sooner as well!
 

One of our old tea chests upcycled into a fancy table...
 

The first samples of  First Flush 2012 have reached us. They are rather promising even though weather conditions have not been as favourable. Rainfall was far below what was needed to ensure a lush growth of tea leaves. Accordingly the crop is expected to be 40% behind last year's yield. Do you have to worry about getting any Flush at all this year? Naturally the harvest of First Flush and Second Flush is limited, but we've placed our orders with our longterm producers in time. Especially in those times you can profit from our good connections to the region of Darjeeling - since this is the district we exclusively work with since over 25 years...
 

The harvest of this year's First Flush will probably be rather short in volume. The harvest started well even though it was too dry for the season. Then yesterday Darjeeling was hit by hail storms... We will keep you informed and update you as soon as we receive news from Darjeeling!