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A highly aromatic tea possessing a brilliant sweet mango aroma accompanied by a sweet fruity taste. The leaves have been meticulously worked by hand as exhibited by the exceptional leaf quality.
Sourced direct from Doke Tea Garden, run by the Lochan family who have leveraged their vast tea knowledge and experience to create one of the foremost Indian tea gardens in a previously unheralded Indian tea region – Bihar! Doke’s entire range of teas are hand-produced under the watchful-eye of Neha Lochan who carefully monitors production from the picking to the processing of the tea leaves.
Tasting Notes:
- Highly aromatic sweet smelling mango aroma
- Sweet fruit taste with a gentle bitter finish
Harvest: Second Flush, 7th July 2015
Altitude: 50m
Cultivar: TV22
Origin: Doke Tea Garden, Bihar, India
Farmers: Rajiv Lochan and his wife Manisha, alongside their children Neha and Vivek
Sourced: Direct from the farmer
Percentage of price going back to the farmer: 30%+
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