OP stands for orange pekoe (it took me longer to work this out than I care to admit). I think I slightly oversteeped this cup, and when I first sipped it, it had a coffee-like bitterness. With just a little sugar though, it becomes the most heavenly honeyish tea. I’ve always enjoyed orange pekoes for their full-bodied flavor (delicate flavors are great for green tea, but give me a hearty black, please), and this is a really good orange pekoe, strong but still nuanced. Though I’m not picking up the promised almond floral notes, I think I might have to chalk that up to my own haphazard steeping. The leaves are very long and thin, black in the tin but steep to a warm brown, and yes, there are little gold tea flowers mixed in. They’re about the size of my pinkie fingernail, but they’re whole, and they look like tiny buttercups. Adorable.
Flavors: Honey
