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Yum! Just as delicious as I remember. Glad I ordered some more! Just the thing I needed to wake me up this morning and get my day started.
This black tea is so impressive. No astringency, an awesome buttery/baked good taste, slight honey notes, and a nice mild earthiness. See previous notes for more in depth taste profile.

Does anyone else know of a good black tea with no astringency and a similar/non astringent profile? I’m trying to get more into blacks, but I’m a little hesitant.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec
Ze_Teamaker

Basically from what I have seen and tasted, if you want non-astringent blacks stick with Chinese blacks or teas that arn’t from big trees; just the small high mountain variety. The bigger the tree and leaf, the more tannins which cause astringency; I’m like 99% sure on this.

Butiki Teas

Emily-You might enjoy our Mi Xian. It is similar to this but less pastry notes, more honey notes.

Emily M

Ze_Teamaker – Thanks for the tip.
Stacy – I was eyeballing the Mi Xian for my next order with you. I do love honey notes, so it sounds delicious!

Kittenna

Also you might like Butiki’s Premium Taiwanese Assam! It’s soooo good. Chocolate with raisin notes. Not quite the same, but astringency-free! Laoshan Black (Verdant) is another great astringency-free black tea.

Emily M

Thanks, Kittenna! I’ll have to check those out as well!

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Ze_Teamaker

Basically from what I have seen and tasted, if you want non-astringent blacks stick with Chinese blacks or teas that arn’t from big trees; just the small high mountain variety. The bigger the tree and leaf, the more tannins which cause astringency; I’m like 99% sure on this.

Butiki Teas

Emily-You might enjoy our Mi Xian. It is similar to this but less pastry notes, more honey notes.

Emily M

Ze_Teamaker – Thanks for the tip.
Stacy – I was eyeballing the Mi Xian for my next order with you. I do love honey notes, so it sounds delicious!

Kittenna

Also you might like Butiki’s Premium Taiwanese Assam! It’s soooo good. Chocolate with raisin notes. Not quite the same, but astringency-free! Laoshan Black (Verdant) is another great astringency-free black tea.

Emily M

Thanks, Kittenna! I’ll have to check those out as well!

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Started brewing loose leaf tea about seven years ago. Excited to share my experiences and learn more from everyone on here!

I’ve found I Prefer:

Oolong Teas
White Teas
Green Teas
Black Teas
Flavored White Teas
Flavored Black Teas (depending on the base tea)
Flavored Oolong Teas
Pu-erh’s
Certain Herbals/Tisanes

I’ve found I Dislike:

Bitterness/Astringent Teas
Strong Floral Teas
Fruit Tisanes (at least hot)

Matcha and Rooibos teas tend to be hit or miss with me. I guess it depends on the tea and my mood.

That being said, I’ll give anything a shot!

When I’m not brewing/sipping tea, I’m usually reading, listening to music, working, or in the summer, kayaking/camping/hiking! I also enjoy a good movie now and then. I’ve got quite the collection going. It almost rivals my tea collection! ;)

I’ve only just returned after quite some time away – Steepster stopped working for me in 2013 and I FINALLY remembered this password and was able to get back on here in 2017. But I’ve been drinking tea all along the way!

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