The spring picking, gathered before the rains: light of liquor, silver of tip, and reserved by allocation.
The Particulars
- Origin
- Gardens of the high country
- Season
- Spring picking, before the rains
- Character
- Light of liquor, silver of tip
- Plucking
- Fine: two leaves and a bud
- Manufacture
- Worked gently, orthodox manner
- Carriage
- Airside, or the season's first vessels
- Packing
- Foil-lined; vacuum on request
- Freshness
- Best within the year
- Disposition
- Reserved by allocation
The spring picking, gathered before the rains and worked in the orthodox manner. Light of liquor, silver of tip, and reserved by allocation.
Provenance
First flush is the year's opening statement: the high-country gardens' first picking after the winter dormancy, gathered before the rains arrive and worked gently in the orthodox manner. The liquor is light, the tip silver, the season unmistakable.
Carriage & Grade
These are allocation teas: the house does not offer them so much as assign them, to tables that have stood with it. Lots travel airside or in the first vessels of the season, for spring tea is a perishable kind of beauty.