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Organic Formosa Red, no. 18 from Red Blossom Tea Company

Raritea drank Organic Formosa Red, no. 18 by Red Blossom Tea Company

1 second rinse with tea infusing temperature water
1 tablespoon for 375 ml

Nice smooth flavour. Molasses-like sweetness. Leathery hints in the background. Lingering sweetness, reminds me of a ginseng-type sweetness.

Second infusion at 2.5 minutes with near-boiling water.

Third infusion at 3.5 minutes with near-boiling water. A lot of flavour seems to be lost by the third infusion.

Thanks to Sil for sharing this with me!

2013-01-31 15:47:13 -0500

205 °F / 96 °C

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Sil 2013-01-31 17:36:10 -0500

Yay! Another win!

Steven 2013-02-01 10:10:22 -0500

I’m in San Francisco next week. The store is a 10 minute walk from my hotel.

By any chance, any other recommendations?
Thank you.

Raritea 2013-02-01 13:36:44 -0500

This is the only one that I’ve tried from them. I think that Sil may have visited the store so she could have some other recommendations.

Sil 2013-02-01 14:04:30 -0500

Steven – the store is pretty small. What i would do is take a look on their website and see which ones interest you. When you go, they are more than willing to let you have a sit and try one of the teas. I picked up this one, their chai and one of their keemun’s since i was fairly new to tea and had zero clue of what i was doing. They’re very helpful and the tins are available to open, smell, examine etc before you buy.

Steven 2013-02-01 17:26:57 -0500

Thanks, Sil!

Welcome to Steepster, an online tea community.

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