Does Organic Tea Taste Better?

by Julian
(Horsham)

Sanwar, I wonder if great tasting tea is more likely to come from highly organic tea farms ... As you are a Darjeeling grower, I would you to ask your opinion of an article I came across recently:

Identity Crises for Darjeeling Tea https://www.amazing-green-tea.com/oolong-tea-discussion-board-comments.html

I quote the last paragraph:

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Sudan Gurung, manager of the Happy Valley Tea Garden, one of the few tea gardens perched over 6,000-feet height in Darjeeling region, says it is a myth that use of chemicals boost yield. Actually, use of chemicals mars the fertility of soil which could eventually lead to zero yield.

Even the use of chemicals affects the health of workers and contaminates the underground water resources. Our experiences now show that switching over to organic farming helps natural boosting of soil fertility and subsequently the yield and the quality of tea. Most of the 87 gardens are going for total organic farming now.”
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I have heard variations from Chinese tea experts, who said that use of chemicals produce teas which may look good on the outside, but lacks inner quality.

Do REAL organic tea tend to taste better? Can great tasting tea comes from tea gardens where chemicals have been over-employed? Can taste and pollution go hand in hand?

These are my questions that I am dying to know the answer of.