According to Chinese mythology, in 2737 BC the Chinese Emperor, Shen Nung, scholar and herbalist, was sitting beneath a tree while his servant boiled drinking water. A leaf from the tree dropped into the water and Shen Nung decided to try the brew. The tree was a wild tea tree.
Darjeeling’s exclusive
taste and quality, as well as the fact that it can not be replicated
anywhere else in the world, makes it one of the most sought after
teas in the world. Since less than 1% of all the tea harvested in
the world is Darjeeling, this tea always commands a higher price.
Darjeeling tea is
acknowledged as the superlative standard for flavor, unmatched by
teas grown anywhere else in the world. Darjeeling is to tea,
what champagne is to wine.
