chris hall

I tried this tea with and without milk.

Without milk the aroma was caramel, vanilla, and lots of fruity tones (misc. berries, strawberry and apricot).
The taste was fruity but a little sickly, bit of bitterness and quite astringent.

I think the aroma of the tea is giving me a headache, and for some reason it reminds me of the colour pink.

After adding milk the tea rounds out quite a bit, the aroma becomes much more about the vanilla and caramel with the fruity tones just hanging in there. The taste is all about creamy fruit, still rather astringent.

An interesting tea, was a lot nicer once milk was added.
The astringency was so much that I couldn’t finish the cup, now time to go take some paracetamol.

Colour is very pale. Aroma is gentle and reminiscent of the leaves of a rose.
Taste is primarily floral with buttery notes.

A very summery tea, refreshing and non-astringent.
A perfect tea for when I don’t want to be overpowered by smell and taste.

Tea gives off a gentle lemony/bergamont aroma, the black base is shining through. The taste has notes of lemon, a good black base, and possibly some peppery notes.

Notes from first tasting:
No milk or sugar, was a little bit too bitter so I will have to play around with steeping time and milk/sugar.

Notes from second tasting:
I added milk and half a teaspoon of sugar, delicious. The milk covers up the lovely aroma, but the bergamont is still there in the taste and there isn’t even a hint of bitterness. Superb.

The bergamont is not as strong as I was expecting, quite a delight. I find the bergamont used is a lot more palatable than most.

Had this tea while eating an Indian curry, the strong cinnamon aroma put me off a little bit, but the taste was excellent. Sweet, no over powering cinnamon, took the edge off the spice of the curry. A match made in heaven.

A strong black base with slight floral or fruity notes, leaves quite a dry feeling in the mouth, had with milk and 1 sugar.

My partner who is much more of a black tea drinker than I said it was her new favourite breakfast tea.

I would happily drink it with a meal, I don’t find it quite tasty enough to have on its own, my partner loved it so much she finished both of our cups.

First steeping was for 3:45 with boiling water, added milk. Smell is lovely consisting of vanilla notes and some fruity spice, taste was rather bland consisting mostly of a weak black base.

Second steeping was for 5 with boiling water, added milk. Less notes, no improvement in taste.

A lovely and fragrant tea, rather subtle and gentle taste, I was expecting a stronger black base.
Reminiscent of an earl grey with a bit of pungency and bitterness removed.

Had without milk, very keen to try again.

I have removed my old tasting notes as I think I spoiled the tea by using too hot water for the first steeping.

I am now enjoying the 3rd steeping today of this lovely jasmine tea, each steep at about 75 Celsius for 5 minutes.

A lovely jasmine aroma, a very non-astringent tea (compares favorably to the Sencha), mild taste.
I wish the jasmine aroma on the tea was a stronger, but I could happily drink this tea ‘forever’.

A lovely Sencha with a good grassy taste, is often quite astringent.
Fantastic with a hearty meal.