Glenburn Tea Estate
Glenburn Tea Estate is a tea garden in the Rangli Rangliot CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian 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. 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. 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. Glenburn tea. In Glenburn Tea Estate, there is a reserve forest (known as Simbong Forest) of within the total area of . The  Rangeet and the Rungdung flow through/ near the tea estate. The elevation of the tea estate varies from . Glenburn produces some of the finest Darjeeling tea. It specialises in Black tea, but also produces other varieties. 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.