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Black tea from the Darjeeling region of India. If you enjoy Darjeeling tea, you are sure to appreciate this ‘wonder.’ The ‘Darjeeling Rhapsody no. 2’ is a second-flush (summer) hand-made ‘wonder’ tea from the upper reaches (7000 feet above sea level) of the Gopaldhara estate. It is a gorgeous-looking clonal tea with a sublime taste to match.
Oh, Adagio… changing all your musical names has really confused my delicate sensibilities when it comes to logging teas. (Also, Steepsters… I’ve been changing the names here. Hope you don’t mind.)
This is a pretty good Darjeeling. I still haven’t quite put my finger on that… Darjeeling-y taste, in order to describe it properly. But, it’s yummy just the same.
Hm. I think I enjoy Darjeelings more when I think of them as oolongs rather than black, and in light of what I’ve read about them recently, that may not even be inaccurate! (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_tea if you too are curious). Anyway – light body, amber color, spicy/fruity/muscatel(?) scent, and a really light floral taste. I think if I’d brewed this any longer it would have been unpalatably harsh; as it is, there’s just a hint of astringency.
This is quite nice, but unless it lasts more than two steeps I wouldn’t choose to buy it over a similar tasting oolong.
Very floral in smell, taste and aftertaste. Natural and lightly sweet, but I do pick up some bitterness as the cup cools. Not a bad cup at all.
Mmmmm, Darjeeling!
This has a lighter, more delicate flavor than Darjeeling No. 22. I still like 22 better, but I wouldn’t say no if someone offered me a cup of this tea. Lightly sweet, with a faintly grassy taste. This tea is very coarse in texture, so it pays to add a larger volume when I steep.
This tea is a great example of why Darjeelings are called the Champagne of tea. A strong fruity aroma and dark brown color are different from all other types of black tea I’ve ever had, that the flavor is really in a class all of it’s own. The flavor of the first infusion was a nice balance of fruity sweetness and something akin to mesquite, which is very different from my Chinese blacks. There is a bit of an aftertaste of mesquite and hints of fruit that lingers on the top of the mouth, which seems to be fairly standard for my other Darjeeling tea.
I enjoyed this tea but did hope for more based on the reviews I had already read. I wanted something a little more robust. On the upside I felt this tea had very clean and crisp taste. I enjoyed it black but also with a little honey. I will finish what I bought but I am not sure if I will buy it again.
Loved this! Slightly floral but not overpowering. Second steep was pretty good!
Smooth mouthfeel. You hardly feel the swallow the way you can with some teas—they can get a little bitter at the back of the palate.
I tried #2 (this one) and #22 today…..I liked them both, but this one had less of a finishing astringency. I also tend to like lighter flavors, so this makes perfect sense.
almost perfect, very clean scent of earth and woods, with a lovely floral, lime, woodsy flavor
Has been one of my favourites since I first tried it many years ago. Wonderful muscatel flavour.
One of my favorites. The best everyday, always-good tea.
Very rich and complex taste. I over brewed it a bit but it was still good.
