1428 Tasting Notes
AC Perch 2025 Advent Day 11: Green Yunnan
The recommended steep time was 4 minutes, but we steeped this at 2 minutes (after the catastrophe from yesterday). This steeps a very pale green, almost clear. The scent is pleasantly vegetal. The taste is very smooth and light-bodied. It has a floral, almost jasmine quality at the front of the sip and ends on a nicely bitter-vegetal note.
Lex gave this a B.
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AC Perch 2025 Advent Day 10: Temple Tea
This called for a 4-7 minute steep time. I steeped this for 4 minutes and it was a mistake. The bitterness was overwhelming and little of the fruit taste could be enjoyed. Truly a shame, because the dry leaf scent was fruity and we’ve enjoyed this in the past.
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AC Perch 2025 Advent Day 9: Orange Black
The smell of the dry leaf was Christmas-like, but the taste wasn’t orange at all. I was hoping for a fresh orange flavour against the black base, but very little, if any, orange came through and the base wasn’t all that great either.
Tante T (another Danish company) also has an Orange Black tea that’s better, in my opinion.
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2025 sipdown no. 53
The pu’erh and chocolate creates a smell that bothers me (exactly the same as TG’s Orange Chocolate and Strawberry Dipped Chocolate), though it does diminish a bit as the tea cools. Something about this blend is a bit cloying and I really only taste a chocolate flavour. The chocolate flavour is nice, with lots of depth. I do miss the cranberry, currants, and raspberries that are meant to be here.
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AC Perch 2025 Advent Day 8: Top Sikkim
Smooth, light-medium bodied, with some floral sweetness at the end of the sip. Another Darjeeling-esque tea. Though the Nilgiri Frost had more sweetness, and also more bitterness to the floral aspects. This one is smoother overall with less robust flavour, but it works nicely.
Lex mentioned she noticed astringency, but generally enjoyed this tea. She gave this a B.
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AC Perch 2025 Advent Day 6: Nilgiri Frost
The smell here reminds me of a Darjeeling, floral yet sweet. The taste is light-bodied and smooth, with hints of sweetness and some floral/spice barely-there bitterness. A great tea, and one I’d consider ordering.
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AC Perch 2025 Advent Day 5: Luxury Chai
The base is very balanced with the spices, and nothing overwhelms the cup. This is a light-medium bodied chai. I would order this one if I was in the market for chai, though I think a heavier base would take milk better (if that’s what one was looking for).
Lex gives this a B.
Preparation
AC Perch 2025 Advent Day 3: Green Apple & Elderberry
I steeped this at 2 minutes, not the recommended 4-5. Lovely apple flavour and a mellow green base. The elderberry is quite faint, but everything works together really well.
Lex gave this an A!
