Spring Indulgence - Darjeeling Tea

 In more than one way the tea camel arrived at my home the past week.

It is my spring treat to myself to order tea from Darjeeling, India.

https://www.thunderbolttea.com/ teas have never disappointed;

so this week has been a delight of tasting some very special teas.

Yesterday the sun was out and I took my tea to the garden.

Added in with the treat were chocolates from Alma's Chocolate Company

here in Portland. That bunny chocolate actually had a flavored

tea from https://www.plumdeluxe.com.

So it was a gourmet delight tea time in the garden just for me.

In the cup was Arya FTGFOP1 Clonal, Autumn Flush, 2017.

Oh yes, definitely a good autumn black tea.

I ordered five different teas from Thunderbolt

and each one tastes fresh, they taste of the hillsides of Darjeeling, India.

I could pick them out just by their fragrance and taste;

but the one I had been anticipating was Castleton Moonlight Imperial,

First Flush of 2018.

For those that don't know "flush" means when it was picked;

so first flush is the first picking in the spring.

Castleton Moonlight is like drinking springtime and 

moonlight  in my cup. Oh, the fragrance of springtime!

It delights my soul, clear down to my toes.

The cup was a recent find at Goodwill,

called Indies by Johnson Bros.

Perfect for a cup of tea from India.

The teapot, a gift from a friend.

The quilt, a special treasure from my step-grandmother.

Linking to Bernideen: http://blog.bernideens.com/