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Okay, so my tin is many-many years old (maybe 8?), so that may be the reason that I’m dropping my rating. It’s nice, and makes a decent iced tea, believe-it-or-not. But it no longer rates a teagasm in my book. What ultimately tips the scale is that I recall this tea being quite expensive, and it’s not worth the price. If you want to have a wonderful smoky tea, then try Upton Tea Import’s Black Dragon, or Oliver Pluff & Co’s Colonial Bohea. NE

Preparation
3 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
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Shae 5 years ago

Saving these to my wishlist. I love smoky teas!

Rabs 5 years ago

Oh my gosh, Shae – you will LOVE the Upton Black Dragon. It’s not overly smoky, but I’ve had coworkers who are like “wait, are you eating bacon?” when I’ve steeped it there. Heh.

Shae 5 years ago

That sounds amazing!

ashmanra 5 years ago

I second Black Dragon, and also Lapsang Crocodile from Dammann Freres or the same name from The O Dor are AWESOME. I also really like Russian Caravan from Grace Tea Company. It is a shelf staple.

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Shae 5 years ago

Saving these to my wishlist. I love smoky teas!

Rabs 5 years ago

Oh my gosh, Shae – you will LOVE the Upton Black Dragon. It’s not overly smoky, but I’ve had coworkers who are like “wait, are you eating bacon?” when I’ve steeped it there. Heh.

Shae 5 years ago

That sounds amazing!

ashmanra 5 years ago

I second Black Dragon, and also Lapsang Crocodile from Dammann Freres or the same name from The O Dor are AWESOME. I also really like Russian Caravan from Grace Tea Company. It is a shelf staple.

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Proud all-around nerd, designer, fibromyalgia manager, and Assistant Library Director/Creative Director.

After being a barista for almost a decade it wasn’t until 2010 that I discovered loose leaf tea. Now I’m hooked.

I’m quite loose when it comes to tea prep. I also ended up using Steepster to find my “daily” teas which I mostly have accomplished.

There’s really nothing remarkable or noteworthy of how I rate teas. I do take it a tiny further step to help clarify the muddled middle grounds for myself. TG is a definite repurchase. Anything below that is less and less likely.

TG=Teagasm
NE=Nice Enough
M=Meh
GA=Gods-Awful

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