Darjeeling Second Flush 2008 question

[aaronlawson]

Hi,
I'm a long-time tea lover but I'm new to Darjeelings and wanted to try out some great examples so that I get a good first impression of this tea. After some research it looks like my tastes would gravitate to second flushes, so I thought I would start there. My questions are:

1) Is it a good idea to buy 2008 2nd flushes now, given that they are almost a year old, or is this perhaps a benefit, as with many Keemuns?

2) If second flushes are still in good shape what do you recommend from the 2008 crop?

Thanks for any help.

-Aaron

[kymidwife]

The best I had was from Tea Emporium... the Castleton Moonlight is sold out, and it was the best... but the 2nd best was the Risheehat Flowery. I still have some, and it is holding up very well on freshness, but I have kept it airtight of course. I think it is certainly one to try. I've had excellent results with Tea Emporium. I also must say... Adagio's Darjeeling #2 is not bad at all... but not nearly as nice as Risheehat Flowery.

Sarah