Noël à Prague from Dammann Freres
This one really does benefit from a longer steep time and from being allowed to cool to get the full benefit of its flavours. I steeped it for around 6 minutes this time with no ill effects. The tea...
View ArticleTaiwanese Wild Mountain Black from Butiki Teas
I'm really enjoying this bright and lovely tea this morning thanks to the generosity of *CrowKettle*. After a four minute steep I'm left with a sweet scent that is a blend of citrus, sweet fruit such...
View ArticleGolden Garden Estate FBOPF (EX-SP) - Ceylon Ruhuna Dist #139 from Capital Tea...
This is quite a nice Ceylon. It seems to lie between those Ceylon's that are sugary sweet, those that hold lots of citrus notes, and those with deep malt notes. It's a pretty well balanced cup, with...
View ArticleBlack Lavender from Herbal Infusions
This tea is kind of interesting. I' m not sure if it was quite what I was expecting, the flavouring is subtle and the base underneath is quite robust. The scent of the tea is a blend between vanilla,...
View ArticleYu Lu Yan Cha Black from Verdant Tea
I've been thoroughly enjoying this lovely tea all day today. I find it lays somewhere in between the two Xinyang Hong Chas I have. Appearance wise it is closer to the Yixiang tea version with black...
View ArticleGoût Russe Douchka from Dammann Freres
I'm enjoying this tea more and more as it cools and the flavours intensify at first it seemed a little mild. I really like strong Earl Greys. The ingredient list is bergamot and orange essential oils,...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
More lavender experiments... This time I used less than 1 tsp lavender 2 1cm thick slices of ginger A pinch of dried lemongrass I like it but I think I have to decide what I want to be in prominence...
View ArticleCharlotte au Chocolat from Dammann Freres
The dry tea smells very much like the dessert it's named after! Brewed for 4 minutes, the brewed tea smells of chocolate, and amaretto infused with a touch of wood smoke, with the smoke and some of the...
View ArticleSweet Taste Zhengshan Xiaozhong #A11 from zhifayulong (ebay store)
I bought this tea as part of an attempt to find a tea similar to a really amazing sample I had of a tea of this type. While this one is not the caramel chocolate tea I am looking for it definitely has...
View ArticleMélange Mystérieux from Dammann Freres
The dry tea smells like the orange raspberry peach juice you can get in the grocery store. It would probably make a great iced tea. Orange,cherry and strawberry are the most apparent fragrances once...
View ArticleNo. 49 Assam FTGFOP1 from Steven Smith Teamaker
The dry leaf smells of raisin and vanilla and is mostly dark leafed with a scattering of golden tips among the slightly broken leaf. It brews up to a nice dark rosewood coloured brew. After 3.5...
View ArticleTourbillon from Dammann Freres
This tea is a nice mix of sweet orange flower water, a nutty note,and syrup. The dry leaf smells of marrons glacés, with a slightly sweeter note. The base underneath is light and brisk and slightly...
View ArticleFlocon d'épices from Dammann Freres
I really like the smell of this dry tea. I could wear it as a perfume with its citrus sweet spice notes. The orange is a sharp orange almost grapefruit flavour and the sweet aspects of this tea remind...
View ArticleXinyang Maojian Black Tea Grade A from Yixiang Tea
Wow this is very different than my other Xingyang the other tastes more of chocolate malt balls with leathery spices and needs low temperatures. This one has flatter more needle like tips, thicker...
View ArticleLa Naissance from Fauchon
The flavouring in this tea is like a cross between Italian Torrone and Turkish Delight. I quite like it, but I find that if you want the flavouring to pop brew it for less than the recommended four or...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
2 tsp cocoa nibs 1 tsp soba cha, a couple thin slices of ginger, 4 small pods of cardamon, 1cm worth of cinnamon stick 3 arms of star anise. 1 clove @14 oz of water steeped for @6 min Not bad and chai...
View ArticleLove from HYLEYS
This tea is quite a floral strawberry tea. The top note is a mix of rose and safflower, with the safflower dominant to the rose with its watermelon note this blends with a strawberry cream with the...
View ArticleLaoshan Black Tea Mellow Alpine Type from Quindao Laoshan Ling Xuan Tea
This tea doesn't live up to the quality of the other Laoshan tea I have. It requires hotter temperatures and longer steeping times, but it does have one of the strongest honey notes I have had in a...
View ArticleFujiian White Jasmine from Verdant Tea
The buds in this tea are not as white or as tightly closed as some Silver Needles, I've had and they are about the same length as Rishi's premium organic ones. The down on them is short and fuzzy and...
View ArticleAssam #8 from Tealux
Malt, sweet potato/roasted notes, hint of a floral note, and red fruit notes meet my nose. This tea smells more intense than the last time I made it. I used more leaf using about 1.75 TSP for 225 ml....
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