Page 17 - Thirst Magazine Issue No. 3 Coffee & Tea

HAPPY VALLEY TEA ESTATE (1854)

Darjeeling’s second oldest tea estate is amongst
the highest tea plantations in the world located
at 2,100 metres high. After a few ownership
changes, the estate was bought over by S K
Bansal of Ambootia Tea Group in 2007, who
modernised the tea processing and switched
the plantation to organic
farming. The estate was re-
100% ORGANIC opened to the public in 2008
DARJEELING TEA with the original factory
turned into a working
Tea from India, museum. Happy Valley teas
packaged in Malaysia. are sold in Harrods UK and
Brew in water at 85˚C Mariage Fréres in France.
for 2-3 minutes. Simply Natural, a Malaysian
Distributed by Zenxin brand of organic products
Agri-Organic Food import and package Happy
TEA DROP (2005) Valley teas locally.

Sri Lankan Ashok Dias founded OOLONG ROSE
Tea Drop in Australia in 2005
with the aim of supplying Pure oolong tea
good quality tea to the Horeca and rose buds
industry. The brand sources its Packaged in Sri Lanka
tea from around the world and Brew in water
sends them to Sri Lanka for between 80 - 85 ˚C for
cupping and profiling before 2 – 5 minutes.
being packed for distribution Distributed by
around the world. The brand is Dankoff Coffee
working towards connecting Specialist Sdn Bhd
micro farmers with consumers by
providing rare and unique teas
from these farmers to the market. The farmers
they choose to work with are the best producers
in their home countries. During their 10th year
anniversary, they opened their very first tea
shop, Brew Bar in South Melbourne Market,
where custom-made blends are available and
first-of-its-kind seasonal cold brew tea blends
are served.

HARNEY & SONS (1983)
ORANGE PASSION The tea brand began in Salisbury,
FRUIT Connecticut, when John Harney
Rose hips, hibiscus, developed a passion for fine teas and
apple pieces, the art and craft of tea blending. His
orange peel, home-based business now has over
safflower petals, 300 varieties of teas, becoming a global
natural passionfruit company covered by popular names
and orange flavour. like Oprah and Dr. Oz, and with teas
Handpacked in served at five-star hotels and other
Millerton, New York. luxurious establishments. It is still a
Pour 100˚C water over family business after 3 generations,
tea and steep for 5 preserving the founder’s traditions of
minutes. Remove leaves traveling the world to search for the
and enjoy. finest ingredients. Harney’s manage
Distributed by Argo the process from garden to teacup,
Andaman Sdn Bhd cupping each tea and blending them
into unique blends that are packaged
in their facility.

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