‘Champagne of Teas’ & its influence on Darjeeling Real Estate

Beverage lovers the world over with a penchant for premium quality tea identify the Darjeeling variety as their top favourite. As one of the most coveted tea variety in the world, the connoisseurs of Darjeeling tea bet on its high standard and flavour. The exotic variety of Darjeeling tea is a wonderful mystique to be experienced in every sip. The tea variety is adored as a luxury brand worldwide for its taste and has a good demand every consecutive year. The teas cultivated at an altitude varying from 600 metres to 2000 metres sea level coupled with the average annual rainfall approximately around 309cm level offer the ideal conditions for the tea.

Apart from distinctive flavour and aroma, Darjeeling tea is uniquely layered and hence it is popularly known as the ‘Champagne of Teas’ across the globe. But can a Tea plantation have influence over the real estate of that region?

Yes. It is precisely this exalted quality of Darjeeling tea which entices investors to purchase when a tea estate for sale in Darjeeling is noticed in the hill station and also the tiny tea garden for sale in Darjeeling finds interest among the first generation entrepreneurs owing to the excellent prospects it offers in terms of the returns reaped. Thus it has a greater impact on the Darjeeling hill station real estate on par with the tourism related real estate growth beyond doubt.

Impact of Darjeeling Tea on its Real Estate

• Unique Flavour – A Class apart: The Darjeeling tea variety when it is brewed creates a hue of pale lemon to subtly visible rich amber. The differing levels of visual brightness of the brew with a typically distinct taste can be even savoured at its best even without the addition of milk or sugar. Captivated by the taste and fragrance of the tea a new class of investors in land for sale in Darjeeling emerge from the lovers of the tea variety.

• Rich Aroma: The aroma emanating from the brew is a mix of unique flavour with fragrance that lasts for quite a while. The organoleptic properties of tea relating to taste, odour, feel and colour involving the sensory organs stimulates the senses and is invariably referred as delicate, sweet, mellow or lively which is not common in the teas grown elsewhere. As the Darjeeling tea has prospered well on the strength of international market top price offer, there is good response for agriculture land for sale in Darjeeling.

• International Demand & Limited Production: While the international market demand for this ‘Geography Index’ tea is ever increasing, the Darjeeling tea gardens are known to produce only a limited amount of 10 million kilograms on an annual basis from the region spread above 17,500 hectares of area caressed by the thick clouds and the rejoicing levels of dew create the right ambience for the growth. This always maintains a gap between the demand and supply of this GI marked tea, which fetches the best price for it despite of tea price fluctuations across the world.

• Multipurpose Land Investment : In addition to the attractive tea plantation returns, A property for sale in Darjeeling finds more bidders as the searing levels of heat in the plains has brought a change in the mind of the residents searching for summer homes. The eminence of the Darjeeling tea and the locational advantage is one of the vital factors in purchasing a property in Darjeeling.

• Attractive land price : The Darjeeling land price is also well within the ambit of those on the quest of agriculture revenue combined with potential vacation homes in summers while comparing to the property rates in Kolkata / Patna / Kanpur / Ranchi / Durgapur / Other major cities in Northern India

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Since its inception or say cultivation from the beginning of the 1800s, the distinguishable quality of Darjeeling tea is not only an outcome of the favourable attributes like idyllic location, suitable soil conditions, complimented by the apt altitude but the scrupulous processing of the tea leaves. Yes it is been cultivated and processed in the orthodox manner even today to maintain its globally recognized taste and market value. The Tea Board has put in place a comprehensive set of rules and regulations to maintain the export quality and the reputation of Darjeeling tea variety all over the world. Due to which it is always going to be the favourite of global tea lovers and the real estate in Darjeeling will ever flourish and is the right time for investment in Darjeeling.

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