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Not much to say, it is a tea that taste like coffee with a sweet bitterness with a touch of sweet malt and that is slightly sour. Taste too much like coffee, I can’t distinguish the black and white tea in it - The price is too high for that one. However, I will revisit this one with different parameters it may taste better, will see. WATER USED: Nestle Pure Life

A lightly fruity taste black tea from Darjeeling district that is sweet with a touch of bitterness that change into a flowery forest. It reminded me (when I was a kid), while I was at the cottage with family during our summertime vacation, at St-Louis De Blandord near Victoriaville and Quebec City – Memory playing near the forest in an early morning. At the subsequent brew a pepper-citrus flavour appear. Subsequent brew: +30 sec from the last brewing time. WATER USED: Nestlé Pure Life

I tried this tea again yesterday and today. I’m so surprise, I brew exactly at the same parameters than the first session that I had with this tea around 16 days ago. The smokiness is almost gone to be replaced by a kind of candy flavour that resemble a mix of black liquorice and juniper. It is sweet, resinous and only a bit smokey. All the others flavours honey, bitter, floral… are almost inexistant – just a hint. I have to up the score on this one from 69 to 72. Will see if it remain the same taste…

Coca-Cola and vanilla notes (scent/taste) in the beginning of the first few sips that gradually change to a more robust black tea with a hint of bitterness. The sweetness and vanilla flavours increases over time. I must say that I get a nice boost of energy after drinking 2 to 3 cups of this tasty tea. There is a definitely weak bergamot scent and taste – I think the vanilla overwhelm the others flavours, so it can be hard to distinguish the others savour of this tea like for example the citrus tang. WATER USED: Nestle Pure Life – Each additional cup I added 30 sec.

This one kick off by showing coffee bean taste that go away as the temperature cool down and disappear at the subsequent brew. A very soft tea with a touch of bitterness, the intensity of the other flavours (malt, sweetness, dark chocolate…) varies as you drink. A really good black tea without dryness and I really like the intensity of the sweetness of this one. WATER USED: Nestlé Pure Life.

The Jasmine flavour is not overwhelming, however, the green tea is only slightly present, I wish it has a stronger green tea taste. The first and second infusion are watery, sweet, green and taste like Jasmine. The third infusion save this tea, with a mix of nutty and malty taste that were not present in the first and second infusion. This tea, is not enough complex or hasn’t enough flavours for me. The fourth infusion, taste only like jasmine and bitter. I think the price is too high for that one. I’m pretty sure you can find a better Jasmine tea with a more complex flavour and that linger more with a less watery taste, it taste too much just like Jasmine. WATER USED: Nestlé Pure Life. Brew western style at 185 F at 3:00 min, for each steep I add 30 sec. I may revisit this tea, and try to brew longer and change the temperature of the brew.

A slightly sweet powerful strong Oolong that taste like baked apple, honey and slightly sour. WATER USED: Nestlé Pure Life

A sweet comforting cooked (shou) earthy puerh with chocolate milk notes, slightly bitter. A clean good taste with a short finish, nothing special. WATER USED: Nestlé Pure Life

A straight well balanced earl grey with citrus, bergamot and slightly bitter taste, good for 3 infusions. For me, it is strong enough. A tea can you can drink on a daily basis. Kusmi Tea offers other earl grey, for example the earl grey intense. WATER USED: Nestlé Pur Life

1st brew (3:40 Sec.) : A Bold medium bodied tea that taste like a dark chocolate camphor mix with sourness and bitterness. As you drink it, the bitterness and sourness decreased, however the dark chocolate notes increased. The 2nd brew (4:25 Sec.) : everything taste the same as the first brew but stronger at the start but fade out and change to a sweet malty flavour with slightly dark chocolate taste. At the end of the second cup the teas is really sweet. Finally, 3rd brew (5:10 Sec.) : Smooth, slightly earthy and sweet.

Water Used: Nestlé Pure Life.