From Maloom Estate in Nepal comes this Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe 1, a black tea whose silvery tips signal careful, top-grade manufacture. The liquor pours a bronze colour and carries a lively, flowery aroma, with orange, coffee and floral notes coming through in the cup. Nepali gardens like Maloom sit close to Darjeeling both geographically and in style, and this one is often set alongside the best Darjeeling teas for comparison rather than treated as a lesser cousin. Steep it in freshly boiled water for around five minutes to let the tips and leaf open fully and the aromatics develop.
