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Dominic T.
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Makaibari...
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> Dominic, walking all those stairs down to Darjeeling bazaar you´d be
> amazed as to how bad Darjeelings - and Assams - can taste, if there´s
> any taste left at all. I´m talking about teas that sell for 50-100 IRp
> a kilogram (fresh leave sells between ~15-30 IRp/kg). That doesn´t
> leave much space for plucking and processing, not to mention your
> dealers percentage. Amazingly some of that stuff has a wonderful
> appearance, something I mentioned some time ago. And then all those
> millions of kg of leaves that end up in campaign teas.
> Give me 100g of that Apoorva I used to know and drink over 1000g of
> those "Darjeeling" campaign teas they sell over here any day of the
> week.
>
> Karsten [time to hit the sack]
Hey Karsten,
By all means you are the expert... but as I said a couple times I was
just giving a simple answer to a pretty simple question so as not to
confuse the issue to someone new to DJ's and Makaibari. If she were on
the streets in the markets, I'm sure she would run up against this, but
from a computer chair ordering online anytime you see the name
"Makaibari" it is a pretty safe bet over say "Punjab's super-duper
really good monkey picked exclusive blend DJ" that costs $4.00 a lb.
Honestly, I was just trying to help a newbie out and being purposefully
simplistic in my answer... my bad
But, since you popped into this
thread I'm sure a few suggestions of good DJ's beyond my few names I've
tossed out wouldn't hurt coming straight from the horses mouth
I
know you like the muscatels, and I always enjoy buying whatever you say
is good at the moment, I'm sure the OP would too.
- Dominic
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