A smooth body with a slightly sweet taste. Lingia is located in the Golden Valley of the Darjeeling District on the border to Nepal at an altitude of 850–1.828 m with 141 hectares of tea cultivation area.The first tea bushes were planted by the German missionaries J. A. and F. J. Wernicke in 1867. These bushes originate predominantly from China which gives them their unique rosy flavour no other tea garden has.
