Wagh Bakri

100g for $3.99 at a small Indian grocery. The box has the Darjeeling Mark to show that it is of verified origin. There’s a sealed foil bag inside a foldover cardboard box, so all the tea is in a tin now—it fits in a Republic of Tea standard canister.

This tea brews up delicate and mild with characteristic Darjeeling flavor. The wet leaf is a mix of broken-leaf dark and greenish pieces. The box instructions say “one teaspoon per cup, strain after a minute.”