Darjeeling 的詞源

達爾傑林鎮位於印度東北部，源自藏語 dojeling “鑽石島”，指的是金剛乘佛教（字面意思是“鑽石之車”）的所在地。這個“島”是該地區高地的意思。作爲一種茶葉，最早見於1862年。

The first trial of the tea plant at Darjeeling was made in 1841, with a few seeds grown in Kumaon from China stock. It was quite successful as to its growth, and the quality was approved of by the Assam tea planter who visited Darjeeling in 1846, and made the first tea here. The original plants are now to be seen. All are of gigantic size; one is a bush 50 feet in circumference and 20 feet high. [list of contributions from British India at the New Zealand Exhibition of 1865]

第一次在達爾傑林試種茶樹是在1841年，用從中國引進的種子在庫瑪翁種植。它的生長非常成功，品質也得到了1846年訪問達爾傑林的阿薩姆茶園種植者的認可，他在這裏製作了第一批茶葉。現在可以看到原始的植物，它們都是巨大的； 其中一棵灌木的周長達50英尺，高達20英尺。[來自1865年新西蘭展覽會的英屬印度貢獻清單]