Geoffrey Norman

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No. 71 Darjeeling Chamong FTGFOP1 from Steven Smith Teamaker

Geoffrey Norman drank No. 71 Darjeeling Chamong FTGFOP1 by Steven Smith Teamaker

Backlogging a bit…

On one of my all-to-regular Monday visits to Smith HQ, I had the pleasure of trying this. It was my first Darjeeling of the 2012 batch, and – boy – was it different. Where most first flushes taste like spring leaves and spices, this had an added toasty element I didn’t quite expect. With the spicy-grape and leafy underpinning, this was a more-than-pleasant intro to the new Darjeeling crop.

2012-06-29 14:17:40 -0400

200 °F / 93 °C

2 min 30 sec

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Azzrian 2012-06-29 14:47:27 -0400

Sounds VERY nice!

Geoffrey Norman 2012-06-29 15:16:10 -0400

It is. Quite different from the usual fair.

LiberTEAS 2012-06-29 16:28:15 -0400

looks like I’m going to need to get my husband to take me to Smith’s shop again!

Geoffrey Norman 2012-06-29 20:53:53 -0400

I would say yes. I’m there usually once a week.

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I moonlight as a procrastinating writer and daylight as a trader of jack. I appreciate good tea, good beer, and food that is bad for me. Someday I’ll write the great American novel. And it’ll probably have something to do with tea or beer…or both. In the meantime, I subsist.

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