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Sarnia Estate Ceylon Pekoe from The East India Company

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Sarnia Estate Ceylon Pekoe

Black Tea by The East India Company

East India Company Sarnia estate tea is produced in Uva region of Sri Lanka, the region has many different altitudes and changing climatic conditions which results in a vast number of different appearances, tastes and aromas in teas. The Sarnia estate tea gardens produce a tea of strikingly original character, it is carefully processed to produce a slightly open fleshy leaf tea, with a light fresh aroma, its creamy and fresh to drink and quite a contrast to some of the fuller teas associated with Ceylon.

4 Tasting Notes

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gmathis 4 tasting notes

This is a lovely quality black tea I reviewed for www.itsallabouttheleaf.com, so I’ll save detailed comments for later. Suffice it to say that, since East India Company was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth I to bring her swag and goodies and has a reputation to maintain, it’s royally good.

In the meantime, I believe I’ll add the East India fine foods store in London to my fantasy bucket list. (See all the treats at http://www.theeastindiacompanyfinefood.com.) I’ll take the Queen Elizabeth 1st Empire Trunk. A mere 3,500 pounds.

I waxed poetic about this elsewhere, so I’ll make this comment concise. Straight-up, no nonsense quality Ceylon—a cup with clarity that’s just so good it doesn’t need to call attention to itself with flavorings or other bells and whistles.

Hoping for the same sort of clarity this morning. Many words to write before I sleep. Deadlines are no longer looming; we are two weeks post-loom.

Just enough for a snow-day pot of this one. Fortuitously, I planned a day off for today anyway to stay home and keep shoveling…paperwork, not precipitation.

Just a good, basic, can’t-ruin-it Ceylon—even with a sloppy microwave reheat after it sat cold most of the morning.

Regretfully reaching the end of my sample. This has a lovely clean, clear, coppery taste that (I’m not going to deliberately mess it up for experimental purposes, but…) I suspect you can’t oversteep. Not a hint of bitterness potential.

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