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Bailin Kungfu from Trust to Trade Ltd.

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This is a nice contrast to the roasted sweet potato flavoured Panyong, I've been drinking all day. As this one is all spice and chocolate and cherries, when I get it right. This tea is a little rugged in appearance and texture unlike some of the beautiful tippy version I have seen of this type. I don't know if this is the style of preparation or has to do with the youth of the plants, this tea is from 1-2 years old( whether this is age, or years in production I'm not sure). However when you get it right the flavour of this tea is wonderful. Unlike most of my blacks I find that this tea is best made with boiling or near boiling water and allowed to steep for 4-5 minutes. Sometimes this tea has some grainy notes but today it released this wonderful flavour which reminds me of kirsch and dark chocolate sprinkled with cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg, with a bit of caramel underneath. The tea has a thick, rugged body and a touch of astringency but it's worth it for that flavour. This tea doesn't re-steep forever like some of the teas I've had lately, but I should get one or two more cups out of it. I bought this from aliexpress as an affordable introduction to this type of tea. The store owner seems to have expanded into taps but he has tried to source all of his teas directly from the producers. His shop can be found here: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Black-TEA-special-grade-natural-fruital-tea-direct-from-farmer-organic-pollution-free-50g/338902_1064590204.html

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