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Black Tea by Tropical Tea Company
We use Ceylon tea from estates more than 5500 feet above sea level. Natural flavor is added to give a clean, true taste with no chemical aftertaste. Each Tropical Tea Company order helps deliver clean drinking water to a child who lacks it.
Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
Region: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula or Uva districts
Shipping Port: Colombo
Grade: OP (Orange Pekoe)
Altitude: 4800 – 7600 feet above sea level
Manufacture Type: Orthodox
Cup Characteristics: A full bodied tea that captures the flavor profile of coconut beautifully. Makes a fantastic iced tea.
A little milk helps bring out the flavor.
Infusion: Bright and Coppery.
Ingredients: Luxury black tea, Sweetened coconut, Natural flavors
I hope this is the same tea previously reviewed. I added to the description and updated the photo…
Smells a bit off on first opening the bag but it steeps up nicely. Coconut flavor is balanced with the tea base. It won’t be a favorite but it’s not bad. I just can’t find that coconut I dream of!
I’m weeding out my tea right now and trying to drink my way through my samples and choose the favorites that I want to keep as a staple tea. I decided to go for a sample Nicole sent me. I made a pot of this tea and wanted to like it. How could a black tea with coconut go wrong? There was something off with the flavor and I couldn’t stomach it.
The scent of the tea was very promising, dark and nutty. After pouring and steep the coconut flavor was nice against the black tea. I may have let it steep too long as when it began to cool the coconut flavor was overwhelmed by the black tea taste.
First opening the bag, I got a sour smell and thought the tea (or coconut — there are visible shreds) had been poorly stored. Left the bag open overnight, and today I am only getting aromas of coconut and tea, though there’s still a bit of smokiness. 5 min steep yielded a clear, dark amber liquid, some astringency, not bitter. Tasty coconut tea!
