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I was at my cousin’s last night for dinner and drank some red wine which is something I hardly ever do. Sure enough, I woke up this morning with a headache and didn’t sleep so well last night. I don’t know what it is about red wine that bothers me, maybe the histamines? So I guess today will be a pretty mellow day unless I manage to go back to sleep!

I’m having a pot of this ceylon this morning along with a bowl of steel cut oats. This is one of the best ceylons I’ve ever had, it puts the others to shame that are still languishing in my cupboard. Such wonderful richness with cherry flavor and evergreen sort of notes. It’s very distinctive and I’m sure I will want more once this package is gone!

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Cameron B.

I have zero experience with Ceylon teas but I’ll definitely add this one to my wishlist. Sounds delicious! :D

TeaBrat

You should try it some day! I am almost out or I would send you some… :)

Cameron B.

Hah, that’s okay, I’m not taking in any tea right now anyway. Must get to 100! :P

I’ll be sure to ask you for other recommendations from Single Origin when I do end up ordering from them. :)

TeaBrat

Good luck with 100! I should try to get below 200… :)

Nicole

I don’t know if it is Single Origin or the estate, but both of their offerings from the Amba estate are the best Ceylons I’ve ever had.

yyz

I’ve had some really nice ones lately too. My current favourite is from Lumbini estate. It’s all cherries and chocolate.

TeaBrat

Nice, and what is a good source for the Lumbini, yyz?

Single Origin Teas

I wish we could take credit for this tea! Amba is an amazing tea estate, Beverly (the estate manager) goes to such extreme lengths to ensure a high quality product. She even sends me her own tasting notes for each batch of tea so I can do a comparison (along with weather info on the estate as well as news).

Amba is the reason that I created Single Origin Teas because there were no providers in the United States (now there are about 3-4). Amba creates micro batches of tea and really allows for the maximum amount of transparency about what goes on in the estate.

To a few of my wholesale clients I even sell Amba Coffee!

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Cameron B.

I have zero experience with Ceylon teas but I’ll definitely add this one to my wishlist. Sounds delicious! :D

TeaBrat

You should try it some day! I am almost out or I would send you some… :)

Cameron B.

Hah, that’s okay, I’m not taking in any tea right now anyway. Must get to 100! :P

I’ll be sure to ask you for other recommendations from Single Origin when I do end up ordering from them. :)

TeaBrat

Good luck with 100! I should try to get below 200… :)

Nicole

I don’t know if it is Single Origin or the estate, but both of their offerings from the Amba estate are the best Ceylons I’ve ever had.

yyz

I’ve had some really nice ones lately too. My current favourite is from Lumbini estate. It’s all cherries and chocolate.

TeaBrat

Nice, and what is a good source for the Lumbini, yyz?

Single Origin Teas

I wish we could take credit for this tea! Amba is an amazing tea estate, Beverly (the estate manager) goes to such extreme lengths to ensure a high quality product. She even sends me her own tasting notes for each batch of tea so I can do a comparison (along with weather info on the estate as well as news).

Amba is the reason that I created Single Origin Teas because there were no providers in the United States (now there are about 3-4). Amba creates micro batches of tea and really allows for the maximum amount of transparency about what goes on in the estate.

To a few of my wholesale clients I even sell Amba Coffee!

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My profile pic is of a pink dahlia at Golden Gate Park.

Hobbies include: tea, making art, animals, vegan things, buddhism, nature, creativity, books, writing, cooking, meditation, yoga.

I am a fan of many different teas but my favorites are blacks and oolongs, chai, also like darjeeling and pu-erh. I’n always learning and expanding my horizons!

Dislikes include: bergamot, jasmine, highly tannic or bitter teas, overly judgmental and bitter people. :)

Live in San Francisco, I’m a SINK (single income, no kids) and love the urban life, but traveling out to the middle of nowhere is always fun too.

I tend to not drink things I know I will hate so a lot of my tea ratings are on the higher side. Here’s my rating system, sorta

95-100 I love this tea and would like to keep it around

94-90 An excellent tea which I may or may not repurchase

89-80 Pretty good, above average

79-70 Acceptable

69-60 Mundane – Will probably drink it if I have it

59-50 Ick

49 and below Nasty

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