Comments on: Arya Ruby - crown jewel of Darjeeling

by: Food and Beverage

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:41:56 +0000

[…] Re: Food and Beverage Originally Posted by juffur I love tea. Green tea being my favorite, but I also enjoy Earl Grey and some chai mixes. Lately I’ve been drinking Sencha Green Tea (Japanese). Reading a book while drinking tea is lovely. I also like Sencha a lot. However, I usually drink the cheap Chinese crap most of the time because it’s cheap, is better than water and I like the health benefits. I like having a hot beverage beside me all the time. Someday, when I have more money to spare, I’ll probably always keep a good supply of high-quality Sencha around. I also like Darjeeling tea a lot. Last year I decided to get a large quantity of Arya Ruby which is considered to be one of the finest (and rarest) teas in the world. It cost me an arm and leg, but it was worth it. And it lasted me a long time anyway (about a month, which is a hella long time for tea to last me considering that I drink, on average, about 1.5 to 2 liters of it everyday!). […]

by: Jo

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:11:47 +0000

CMT,
I agree. I hope I’ll manage to import some again next year.

by: CMT

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:17:45 +0000

Drinking Arya ruby tea as I type! Had to bring back some after tasting it in Darjeeling. Definitely the best tea I have ever tasted :)

by: Jo

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:37:58 +0000

Hi Bamboo Forest,
I sometimes brew Darjeelings gong fu. It’s not my usual preparation for these teas and not all Darjeelings perform well this way. But I have gotten some amazing results from gong fu Darjeelings where I discovered subtleties I hadn’t noticed before. On the other hand, some Darjeelings seem to require the space of a large amount of water to really unfold their character (from my experience, most second flush DJ behave that way).
I think it depends a lot on the tea. We always encourage customers to experiment with the preparation. Sometimes, uncommon preparation for a certain type of tea can produce very interesting results.

by: Bamboo Forest

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:36:47 +0000

Curiously, do you gong fu your Darjeeling tea? I know that there are some tea connoisseur’s that do, and apparently Darjeeling performs well this way.