85 Tasting Notes
So impressed I got FIVE delicious full cups from 1 TSP of these leaves – which btw are so fascinating i could stare at them all day, unroll them all and lay them out on the counter… ok, should I just turn myself in now? :P
Wait, is this a sixth cup… a hint of flavour… guess I’m not quite a kung fu master yet ;)
I’m normally a black tea drinker but someone at work gave me a bag of this after I gave her onr of the double bergamot earl grey.
It was just ok for me. I didn’t really taste mango which is too bad because I love mangoes. I think I prefer flavoured rooibos teas to other herbal blends.
My favourite tea. To me this is the quintessential cuppa, the one that screams THIS IS TEA. it’s my first darjeeling – which for me like many tea lovers was my “aha!” moment. i could probably drink this all day every day.
I just can’t get over the perfect balance of flavour and mouthfeel and aroma.. that being said, it can be finnicky and it’s possible to over or under steep and sacrifice some of that balance. i found this time three minutes, just under boiliing, worked great, and even a second steeping for 4 retained some astringency and just a subtle hint of muscatel.
Preparation
Now, this is nice. Maybe I can get into Ceylon teas after all. The shop owner described it to me as “kick ass” and while I’m not sure whose ass I or this tea are going to kick, I do detect some flavours I like including a bit of a flowery sweetness and maybe just a slight malty note (the kind I like in my black tea).
Preparation
This tea is similar to Darjeeling, which is not too surprising as it is also grown in the Himalayas and only about 100km away across the border in Nepal.
The main difference I notice in the flavour is that it doesn’t have the muscatel like Darjeeling but it does have kind of a fruity taste. I sometimes even detected a sweet caramelly aftertaste. Like Darjeeling, this tea has some astringency and I would be careful not to steep it too long if you don’t that aspect to be overpowering.
