The Bean Shop

First Flush Darjeeling Marybong

Name: First Flush Darjeeling Marybong
Brand: The Bean Shop
SKU: TEABLA1012
Price: 17.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£17.00 GBP

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From the foothills of the Himalayas, the Darjeeling region is the most prestigious tea growing region in the world. First Flush Darjeeling is known as the Champagne of teas because of its exquisite flavour. The first flush refers to the first picking period between mid March and the end of May, when the spring rains stimulate new growth on the tea bushes, resulting in light bodied tea with intense aromas.

The Marybong Tea Estate is situated in the East Valley. This rather small garden produces top quality teas every year on a cultivated area of approx 285 hectares at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,970m. This a well balanced aromatically sweet plucking featuring a certain body and some strength. The leaves are smaller, fine and dark with green parts and bright tips. The cup's colour is the typical light copper of a tea of the late first flush period. It is grown without the use of any chemicals or pesticides.

Use 2-3g of tea for 150ml of water at 100c for a 2-4 minute infusion

How will my coffee be packaged?

We use heat sealed bags with a one-way valve (to let gases escape but none in) and this will keep your coffee fresh for up to four months unopened (if you really want to keep it that long!) We use box-bottomed resealable valve bags as our default but if you want the tall non-resealable valve bags then please ask in the notes for order section. We then pack your bags of coffee into bespoke cardboard boxes. These will prevent your coffee from being damaged in transit and are 100% recyclable.

Where does The Bean Shop deliver to?

We currently deliver all over the UK and Europe. It can get a bit tricky further afield than that as it becomes increasingly difficult to keep track on the parcel's whereabouts. To be honest there is probably a coffee roaster a bit closer if you're outside Europe anyway!

How much does postage cost?

No-one really likes paying for postage but in order to avoid increasing our prices we have opted to charge a flat-rate of £3.00 for all our UK orders. This is expensive if you only buy one bag of coffee but becomes very reasonable if you order more bags. We use Royal Mail 1st class for orders up to 3 bags. For orders 4 bags and over we use DPD 48 hour delivery as a default (this option will require a signature upon delivery.)

In geographically isolated areas of the UK, DPD can take longer than 48 hours so we have added the option of paying for Royal Mail which could be more efficient.

How long will it take?

We aim to deliver your order within 48 hours of receiving it (under normal circumstances) and are often much quicker! During peak periods (i.e. Christmas) your order may take a little longer due to delays or extreme weather conditions.

If I'm not in?

For orders of 1 bag of coffee our boxes are post-box friendly so should be delivered whether or not you're in. For larger parcels, usually the delivery person will leave a card saying it has been returned to the post depot where you can collect it from. Many customers find it easier to have their coffee delivered to their place of work so that there is always someone there to accept it.