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Ceylon Loose Tea from Whittard of Chelsea

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Ceylon Loose Tea

Black Tea by Whittard of Chelsea

High in the Dimbula region of Sri Lanka, once Ceylon, the tea bushes grow slowly in the cool clean air. This produces a fine-quality crop that gives our blend an intense, bright taste and rich, golden color. Crisp and satisfying, this is a tea to enjoy at any time of day.

2 Tasting Notes

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gmathis 2 tasting notes

Straight up this morning; a good, sharp, coppery basic. Teases you awake instead of bulldozing you awake. A little milk would likely tone it down from a C sharp to a B flat but I don’t need toning at the moment.

I regret to report that this is sweepings and dust … at least the half tin I spilled on the floor. Too many precariously stacked tins and packages.

However, the portion that I did have is quite good. I’ve mentioned elsewhere that Ceylon often gets a bad rap because that’s the name that gets slapped on mediocre and less-than-mediocre grocery store teas. This one is the slightly more elegant cousin of a meaty builders’ tea like PG Tips.

Even looks like PG Tips in the tin, but steeped up a rich, deep burgundy this morning. Lighter and a tetch fruitier (I used coppery in a previous review) than a PG type. Good on its own, but milk accentuates it nicely.

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