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Ceylon Sonata from Adagio Teas

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77/100

Ceylon Sonata

Black Tea by Adagio Teas

Black tea from Sri Lanka. In colonial times, this island-nation was known as Ceylon. This name is still used to describe all teas grown here. Ceylon tea is bright and lively, with a wonderfully delicate flavor. The ‘Ceylon Sonata’ is the finest grade tea from the renowned Kenilworth estate, located in Sri Lanka’s Kandy region. The perfect afternoon tea.

74 Tasting Notes

Atacdad
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Atacdad 4 tasting notes

Didn’t care for this too much…not enough to thumbs-down, but its not a thumb’s up either. I like my tea very plain…nothing added…and this tea has a very “flowery” taste. Sort of like the sweet you get smelling a fresh bloom of honeysuckle. Not unpleasant..but distracting from the flavor of the tea.

Backlogging this mornings doings…I went all out with Ceylon Sonata this morning. about a teaspoon in a large mesh ball (plenty of room) and HOT water at a full roiling boil! 4 minutes and I had a perfect cup of tea. As I’ve noted in the past, this is a good tea, not an outstanding tea…I’ve had better “Kenilworth’s”, but all things considered, I’m talking about the difference between really good and really, really good…not between trash and good.

Finally got this one right today and it is particularly good. I like the fact that the tea leaves are in large pieces, leaves no fines the cup.

tried this again in my 2 cup teapot. Don’t know what the issue was a few days ago, but this is fine today. Not as noteable as some other “estate” ceylon’s I’ve had. I wonder if this is a blend….

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TeaEqualsBliss
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TeaEqualsBliss 6 tasting notes

Even tho it’s said to drink in the afternoon I am having this midmorning. The color and scent is typical of black teas and the taste is around being normal to those black teas as well.It tastes good but hard to be descriptive of this one as it’s a true ceylon and fairly ‘normal’ – if you are looking for a plain black tea try this one…I like it!

Drank 2 cups yesterday and now I am out of my stash. It will be missed

started my day with this and it was lovely.

Backlogging and loving it

Oversteeped. Nice full flavor today! YAY!

Incredibly smooth today…esp for a black tea. LOVE IT

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