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Halmari Estate Assam TGFOP Black Tea from Ovation Teas

Tea Sipper drank Halmari Estate Assam TGFOP Black Tea by Ovation Teas

Additional notes: Not to rain on Ovation’s parade… but I’m pretty sure this is the same as the Yunnan they were selling. The leaves look the same. The flavor tastes the same. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe my palate isn’t refined enough. I certainly don’t mind it if they are the same — I love them. But now I have about six ounces of the same tea! I think these two teas being the same would only affect me anyway.. it looks like I’m the only one who bought both!

2013-03-21 16:19:33 -0400

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Alphakitty 2013-03-21 20:21:12 -0400

Hmm, I have some of the Assam—I’ll have to do a side by side comparison! Assams and Yunnans are pretty different so I’d be a bit disappointed if they were really the same tea.

Tea Sipper 2013-03-22 02:11:33 -0400

I’d be interested to see what you think.. I could be entirely wrong. And you’ve probably tried more yunnans and assams than I have!

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

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Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
40-65 – Okay
1-40 – Probably won’t want to sip it again