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{{Short description|Tea garden in West Bengal, India}}
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| name = Glenburn Tea Estate
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| location = [[Darjeeling district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| area = {{convert|750|ha|abbr=on}}
| open = {{Start date|1859}}
| elevation = {{convert|1000 to 3000|ft}}
| owner = Prakash family
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'''Glenburn Tea Estate''' is a [[Tea garden (cultivation)|tea garden]] in the [[Rangli Rangliot (community development block)|Rangli Rangliot]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Darjeeling Sadar subdivision]] of the [[Darjeeling district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
Established in 1859 by a Scottish tea company, Glenburn Tea Estate has been run by the Kolkata-based Prakash family for four generations.<ref name="tourism">{{cite web | url = https://www.darjeeling-tourism.com/darj_00008e.htm| title= Glenburn Tea Estate and Retreat | publisher = Darjeeling Tourism |access-date = 7 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="teaboutique">{{cite web | url = https://www.darjeelingteaboutique.com/glenburn-tea-estate/ | title= Glenburn Tea Estate | publisher = Darjeeling Tea Bouquet |access-date = 7 March 2020}}</ref>
When East India Company's monopoly of the Chinese tea trade came to an end in the early 19th century, one of the first places they thought of for developing tea gardens was the [[Doon Valley]] in the foothills of the Himalayas. It also happened to be the ancestral home of the Prakash family. Lala Darshan Lal, the patriarch of the family, started as a small tea planter and grew to be tea magnate owning tea gardens across the country. Anand Prakash, Sudhir Prakash and Ansuman Prakash followed in his footsteps.<ref name="glenburn1">{{cite web | url =https://glenburnfinetea.com/about-darjeeling-tea-estate | title= Glenburn Tea Estate – Darjeeling Tea at its Finest | publisher = Darjeeling Tea Bouquet |access-date = 7 March 2020}}</ref>
{{quote box|width=300px|quote=''''' From garden to cup ''''' 
A pound of tea is produced from about a thousand tender shoots. Fresh tea leaves contain over 75% moisture and this moisture is removed, in a process called withering, by blowing air through the leaves. The next step, the rolling process, once done by hand, is now done by machines. In this process the cells are ruptured before fermentation, a process of oxidation. In the fermentation process tea acquires “flavour, strength and health giving properties”. Finally, the tea is dried by passing hot air through the leaves.<ref name="glenburn1"/>}}
Locals call the garden Kimble and according to local legend, Kimble Murray, the first manager of the estate, still roams around the garden slopes, looking for a perfect cup of tea.<ref name="glenburn1"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Glenburn Tea Estate, Darjeeling Tea Garden on a River Valley since 1859 |url=https://www.thunderbolttea.com/glenburn-tea-estate/ |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=Thunderbolt Tea, Darjeeling |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord2={{coord|27|2|10|N|88|22|0|E}}| label-pos2=right|label2=Takdah| numbered2=R| mark-title2= [[Takdah]] (R)
|mark-coord3={{coord|27|3|30|N|88|23|12|E}}| label-pos3=right|label3=Peshok TG| numbered3=R| mark-title3= [[Peshok Tea Garden]] (R)
|mark-coord4={{coord|27|0|30|N|88|24|13|E}}| label-pos4=right|label4=Teesta Valley TG| numbered4=R| mark-title4= [[Teesta Valley Tea Garden]] (R)
|mark-coord5={{coord|26|48|45|N|88|15|38|E}}| label-pos5=right|label5=Longview TG| numbered5=R| mark-title5= [[Longview Tea Garden]] (R)
|mark-coord6={{coord|26|57|57|N|88|22|20|E}}| labelpos6=right| label6=Mangpu| numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Mangpu]] (R)|
|mark-coord7={{coord|26|54|20|N|88|16|40|E}}| label-pos7=left|label7=Monteviot TG| numbered7=R| mark-title7= [[Monteviot Tea Garden]] (R)
|mark-coord8={{coord|26|49|35|N|88|17|22|E}}| label-pos8=left|label8=Rohini TG| numbered8=R| mark-title8= [[Rohini Tea Garden]] (R)
|mark-coord9={{coord|26|46|20|N|88|21|35|E}}| label-pos9=left|label9=Sukna| numbered9=R| mark-title9= [[Sukna, Darjeeling]] (R)
|mark-coord10={{coord|26|50|35|N|88|19|45|E}}| label-pos10=right|label10=Tindharia| numbered10=R| mark-title10= [[Tindharia]] (R)
|mark-coord11={{coord|26|52|5|N|88|17|55|E}}| label-pos11=right|label11=Giddapahar| numbered11=R| mark-title11= [[Giddapahar]] (R)
|mark-coord12={{coord|26|47|47|N|88|18|30|E}}| label-pos12=left|label12=Simulbari TG| numbered12=R| mark-title12= [[Simulbari Tea Garden]] (R)
|mark-coord13={{coord|26|56|11|N|88|28|2|E}}| label-pos13=right|label13=Sittong| numbered13=R| mark-title13= [[Sittong]] (R)
|mark-coord14={{coord|26|53|49|N|88|28|22|E}}| label-pos14=right|label14=Sevoke| numbered14=R| mark-title14= [[Sevoke]] (R)
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|mark-coord19={{coord|27|4|28|N|88|22|10|E}}| label-pos19=left|label19=Lopchu TE| numbered19=TE| mark-title19= [[Lopchu Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color19=#87A96B
|mark-coord20={{coord|26|51|30|N|88|14|8|E}}| label-pos20=left|label20=Balasun TE| numbered20=TE| mark-title20= [[Balasun Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color20=#87A96B
|mark-coord21={{coord|26|51|20|N|88|16|50|E}}| label-pos21=right|label21=Castleton TE| numbered21=TE| mark-title21= [[Castleton Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color21=#87A96B
|mark-coord22={{coord|26|53|35|N|88|20|0|E}}| label-pos22=right|label22=Goomtee TE| numbered22=TE| mark-title22= [[Goomtee Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color22=#87A96B
|mark-coord23={{coord|26|54|35|N|88|20|20|E}}| label-pos23=right|label23=Jungpana TE| numbered23=TE| mark-title23= [[Jungpana Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color23=#87A96B
|mark-coord24={{coord|26|50|40|N|88|16|20|E}}| label-pos24=left|label24=Makaibari TE| numbered24=TE| mark-title24= [[Makaibari Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color24=#87A96B
|mark-coord25={{coord|26|55|24|N|88|17|50|E}}| label-pos25=right|label25=Margaret’s Hope TE| numbered25=TE| mark-title25= [[Margaret's Hope Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color25=#87A96B
|mark-coord26={{coord|26|52|25|N|88|26|20|E}}| label-pos26=bottom|label26=Mahananda |labela26= Wildlife| labelb26= Sanctuary| numbered26=NP| mark-title26= [[Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary]] (NP)| shape-color26=#228B22
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==Glenburn tea==
In Glenburn Tea Estate, there is a reserve forest (known as Simbong Forest) of {{convert|350|ha|abbr=on}} within the total area of {{convert|750|ha|abbr=on}}. The [[Rangeet River|Rangeet]] and the Rungdung flow through/ near the tea estate.<ref name="glenburn1"/> The elevation of the tea estate varies from {{convert|1000 to 3000|ft}}.<ref name="teaboutique"/>

Glenburn produces some of the finest [[Darjeeling tea]]. It specialises in [[Black tea]], but also produces other varieties.<ref name="teaboutique"/>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Tea tourism==
Tourists visiting Glenburn Tea Estate can stay in bungalows – the ''Burra Bungalow'' and ''Water Lily Bungalow''. The first is the original planters bungalow, a heritage property restored to its old charm in 2001. The second one was added in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.glenburnteaestate.com/ | title = Glenburn| publisher = GTE |access-date = 8 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Darjeeling}}

{{Darjeeling District}}

[[Category:Tea estates in Darjeeling district]]

Glenburn Tea Estate - Revision history

Candy332540216 at 14:19, 17 August 2023