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“Cuppa the afternoon….. I received this tea as a gift for being a good dog sitter last week. I have to say, I was pretty excited, even though this is bagged tea. I am thinking some loose leaf from...” Read full tasting note
“I want to thank my friend Melissa (who isn’t on Steepster, but still…) for picking up 4 samples of Charleston Tea Plantation Tea while on vacation for me! It’s so sweet she thought of me! :) This...” Read full tasting note
“I really wish this was in loose leaf or at least family sized so I would be able to put, say, 2 or 4 bags instead of 16… but that said, I like my southern sweet tea strong and sweet, so I was...” Read full tasting note
“I’d been wanting to try this tea for a couple of years now, ever since I found out about the Charleston Tea Plantation. Why? Because it was “Amurrcan” gash-durrnit! Seriously, it’s from one of only...” Read full tasting note
Over 100 years ago, tea planters brought their finest ancestral tea bushes from China and India to Wadmalaw Island near the historic old city of Charleston, South Carolina. Now the direct descendants of these very plants have been lovingly restored to their former grandeur here at the Charleston Tea Gardens®, a lush subtropical tea farm. It is in this context of great natural beauty and colonial pride that we bring you American Classic, a noble blend containing tea from America’s only tea garden. The fresh smooth flavor of American Classic has made it a Southern favorite for many years.
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BigelowAmerican Classic Black Tea from Charleston Tea Plantation is a real (Lipton style) black tea with flavor and body, nice without anything else added. It steeps in 2 – 3 minutes and never fails to please. The plantation is stunning, beautiful but management and financial difficulties prevent its full operation. http://south-carolina-plantations.com/charleston/charleston-tea.html
I received my box from Bigelow yesterday! I ordered this tea, the Premium Ceylon and Classic Charleson Breakfast Tea. Firstly, this tea is bagged. There is also a pyramid version as well as loose tea. As with every first-time tea, I varied the steeping time for four bags (one minute intervals on a rising scale). The aroma is pleasant but gets notably deeper and even a little harsh the longer it steeps. Three minutes seems to be the most effective steeping time (for me) as the tannin is more evident and the bitterness tolerable without being overwhelming. A pleasant tea perhaps more suited for Southern-style iced tea. Evidently, American Classic Tea has been the official White House tea since 1987 and is officially designated as the Hospitality Beverage of South Carolina.
Yawn.
My parents were in Charleston so I asked them to pick me up some tea if they saw some. Unfortunately, the only thing they found were tea bags. While it isn’t astounding, it is much better than I expected. The dry leaves do not look like dust from the floor. There is a fair amount of stem and leaf it appears. We’ll play with it later to verify. The liquor aroma is decent. Slightly reminds me of some Indian teas. Slightly bready, a bit metallic, and somewhat woody. The taste is mid-range for tea bags. Not the best I’ve had but better than Lipton. You could drink it with milk/sugar. A lemon would probably be nice. The taste is somewhat like the liquor aroma I was correct in my assumption about the stems. They aren’t big but their color is quite noticeable against the darker leaves. IT is CTC but it seems different compared with India CTC. A decent brew but probably wouldn’t buy again.
There are several good teas from this company. They were bought by Bigelow a while back. I have purchased a few of their loose leaf teas and the peach one is very nice, both hot and iced. They have changed their name to Charleston Tea Garden.
The peach tea is now named “Peachy Peach.”
A friend from postcrossing sent me this tea among a New Year card (received much earlier)! Thank you Benjamin from South Carolina, USA!
I needed to wake up call after another passed exam and for studying for another exam. It’s hard to have all of them so close to each other, but now only 4 are remaining, and three weeks of exam period. Luckily, at least two of them will be in summer term too; so I don’t have to worry that much about those two. But, naturally I would like to pass them all in time.
Anyway to the tea…
It’s very nice that they have used pyramid sachet, but they should know a better quality tea can be there… it’s mostly dust and fannings, which made me a bit sad.
The aroma was very nice, autumn leaf pile and barnyard, that typical for black teas, enjoyable and I knew it is going to be strong and hopefully tasty tea. Hmm. It seems it wasn’t delivered well into taste as I got, instead of baked bread, typical black tea tannic taste. It actually tasted like an quite cheap tea, somewhere between Lipton Yellow label and Twinings basic black teas.
What a shame it isn’t more complex; although it has been fun to try US produced tea, which lacks depth, but isn’t that bad as I was a bit afraid of! I can understand being it produced for sweet part of market, for people who are drinking tea only with sugar added and/or milk. For that, I reckon it will be a delicious and better than Lipton. But on its own… it’s 66. Above average, but just a tiny bit.
Song pairing (to write a note):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0pQTEhj8A
Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Barnyard, Tannic
This tea plantation is only a few hours from me, but I have never been! Maybe soon!
The plantation also has a few more upscale blends that are better quality. I think I have tried a couple, but I can’t remember which ones.
Ashmanra, as it is that close to you, I thought you were there! It seems like a nice place to visit.
gmathis Yep, as I was lurking around their website, I saw a few blends that sounds better. I was just sad seeing pyramid sachet and not a better tea in.
