One of the finest tea estate in Darjeeling, a place where the magnificent peaks of the 3rd highest mountain in the world, Mount Kanchenjunga, ascend over the tea bushes: Glenburn. The name literally means what this 750-hectare estate is – A River Valley. Here in the hills of Darjeeling, tea rises out of the magical landscape, imbibing the essence of the eternal Himalayas. In the peace and tranquility of Glenburn, a flourishing community of people and tea bushes thrive as they have done together for the past 150 years, and many of the tea plants to which the workers tend have been around since the time of their ancestors. Glenburn produces some of the best loose Darjeeling tea on the market today.

Started by a Scottish Tea Company in 1859, Glenburn now belongs to one of India’s pioneering tea planting families – The Prakashes, (who have over the years come to be known as The “Chaiwala Family”, which literally means “Tea Planters”) and is regarded by many as among the best Darjeeling tea estates.