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Black Tea by Upton Tea Imports
This offering was created from very young bushes, using an atavistic hand-rolling technique. The finished tea has a beautiful leaf and yields a mild cup with a pleasant flavor profile, highlighted by light muscatel notes and a fruity finish.
This is soooo good, it’s probably from last year given I bought it in May so I will be all over a new round of this one.
I don’t even know what else to say about it, it just has that quintessential Darjeeling taste to it. A little astringent, a good bit of muscatel flavor, a bit nutty and citrusy. Pecans and lemons, that’s especially what I taste!
My first impressions: a bright orange color with a fruity and oddly nostalgic scent. I couldn’t stop sticking my nose in the bag. The smell was just that good. Well, fortunately it looked and smelled just as great as it tasted. Slightly bitter, full bodied, and with a fruity, honey-like sweetness. I feel like I’m not appreciating this tea enough by almost chugging it! Mmmmm!! Next time I’m going to cut back on the steeping time to see if I can slash some of that bitterness, though.
I’ve been drinking a lot of different darjeelings lately but this one takes the cake. It has a really amazing aroma that absolutely comes through in the taste! I want to say it has notes of greens and cinnamon.
