Tagged: golden tip

The Second Flush, Certified

The second flush is Assam's prized harvest: the early-summer leaf, fuller and maltier than the spring crop and heavy with golden tip. Here is the tea year by the calendar, why the summer leaf is the good one, and what "malty" actually is, measured to the compound.

Manohari Gold Tea

An ultra-premium, small-batch orthodox tea from one Assam garden, hand-plucked 25 to 50 grams a day and sold at record prices. What it is, how it is made, and the full auction record, set out plainly.