President’s Tea of Darjeeling | Second Flush | Grand Cru

President's Tea of Darjeeling – Second Flush Grand Cru 🍇✨

The President's Tea of Darjeeling is a limited-edition Grand Cru tea, personally selected by celebrated Master Tea Taster Sanjay Kapur. Year after year, this rare treasure has been presented as a State Gift of India by its highest officials, symbolising India's tea heritage at its finest.

Plucked at the peak of the summer season, this Second Flush Darjeeling reveals the region's most iconic character — the rare muscatel aroma, a sweet and spicy flavour profile often likened to Moscato grape wine. Its golden liquor and layered complexity make it one of the most sought-after teas in the world.

✨ Certification: Tea Board of India Certified ✨ Origin: India 🇮🇳 (Darjeeling) ✨ Caffeine Level: Medium ✨ Packaging: Packed in double-lid tin caddies to preserve aroma, flavour & freshness

🌿 Why This Tea? If First Flush Darjeeling is spring's delicate opening note, Second Flush is summer's full, magnificent aria — and it is the harvest that has made Darjeeling the most coveted tea origin in the world. The muscatel character that defines great Second Flush Darjeeling is one of the most extraordinary and elusive flavour phenomena in the entire tea category — a naturally occurring sweet, wine-like complexity that develops in the leaf through a precise interaction of climate, altitude, and a tiny leafhopper insect whose feeding triggers the chemical transformation responsible for the flavour. It cannot be engineered, replicated, or produced outside Darjeeling's specific terroir — which is precisely why the finest expressions command prices and reverence comparable to grand cru Burgundy. Sanjay Kapur — one of India's most celebrated Master Tea Tasters — personally evaluates hundreds of lots before selecting the single Grand Cru expression worthy of the President's Tea designation. Tea Board of India certified. Limited edition. The same tea presented as a State Gift by India's highest officials. There is no higher endorsement that Indian tea can receive.

👤 Who Is It For? This tea is for the most serious and knowledgeable tea connoisseur — someone who understands that genuine Darjeeling muscatel at Grand Cru level is one of the rarest and most extraordinary flavour experiences that the natural world produces, and who wants to experience it at its absolute, unrepeatable peak. It is for the wine lover who has always been curious about tea — the Moscato grape comparison is not poetic licence but a genuine sensory parallel that will immediately resonate with anyone whose palate has been educated by fine wine. It makes the single most impressive tea gift imaginable — for a head of state occasion, a wedding of significance, a milestone anniversary, or any moment in life that deserves to be marked with something of genuine historical prestige and irreplaceable rarity. If the First Flush President's Tea is spring's finest offering, this is summer's — and for many of the world's greatest tea connoisseurs, it is the more magnificent of the two.

🕘 When to Drink It? The President's Second Flush Grand Cru demands a morning or afternoon of complete, deliberate ceremony — and the occasion, however private, should feel worthy of what is in the tin. A summer morning of genuine stillness when the full sensory complexity of the muscatel can be appreciated without distraction. An afternoon tea of the highest order — prepared in your finest teapot, poured into your best cups, for guests whose appreciation of what they are receiving matches the quality of what is being offered. Brew at 90–95°C for 3–4 minutes in a proper teapot, pour through a fine strainer, and drink it entirely plain — absolutely no milk, under any circumstances. Darjeeling muscatel at Grand Cru level is one of the most delicate and complex flavour experiences in existence, and milk would irreversibly obscure the sweet, wine-like character that makes this tea what it is and has always been. Take the first sip with full, unhurried attention — the golden liquor, the Moscato grape sweetness, the spiced complexity that arrives in the finish — and understand that you are drinking something that India's presidents have chosen to represent the nation's finest gift to the world. Treat it accordingly.

Black Tea

Aroma: Sweet, muscatel with hints of spice and fruit

Taste: Rich, layered, with notes of grape-like sweetness and subtle spice

Finish: Smooth, elegant, and lingering

Perfect as a late-morning or afternoon indulgence, best enjoyed without milk to savour its muscatel depth.

Dispatch Time:

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