Plucking of the Darjeeling first flush tea is likely to get delayed this year due to unfavourable weather conditions prevailing in the hills so far. Plucking of the first flush crop in the Darjeeling ...

I have never paid as much attention to the weather as I do these days, owing to the changes that are impacting tea farmers. Tea, like other crops, is heavily dependent on the right weather conditions.

The first flush, which marks the start of a new season, contributes around 20-25% of the annual tea production in Darjeeling. (IE) Production of Darjeeling first flush tea is likely to be lower this ...

The Darjeeling Tea industry is getting jittery just before the start of the premium first flush plucking this time, as both the workers and political parties are on an agitation path. Sources said ...

Kolkata: For the first time in the history of the iconic Darjeeling tea, the entire lot of the expensive and exportable first flush leaves withered away, amid the suspension of garden operations owing ...