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drank Ceylon Super Single by Samovar
911 tasting notes

The dry leaves smell fruity. This is good – one of the first Ceylons I had tasted strongly of raspberry and, while I am not a huge raspberry fan, that tea pretty much set the standard for ‘good’ Ceylon in my world. Something beyond a plain ‘tea’ taste. This one isn’t quite raspberry smelling – the scent is a little bolder and thicker than your average raspberry. I can’t place it but I like it. The leaves are pretty, too. Long and wiry twists each at least an inch long.

The cup smells a bit darker than the dry leaves. Nothing excessive. There’s a bit of brown sugar smell, or something similar. The taste is sweet and mild with a hint of dryness at the end that might develop more with a longer steep (if you’re in to that sort of thing). The main flavor is tea but it’s got some fruity or honeyed hints about it. I can’t specifically pick out what type of sweetness is in there, but it is close – I feel like it is teasing me.

I haven’t had a ton of straight Ceylons (4 or 5 maybe) but I’d have to say that this one would rank #2 in that grouping. Not quite the dripping with raspberry but not flat and fully default tea either. Overall though, I’m just not all that into Ceylons. I think I want to try this with milk as Samovar suggests. So rating subject to change.
2.8g/8oz

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec
Shanti

I think that’s what I dislike about Adagio’s ceylons—they taste like raspberry, even when I don’t want to taste raspberry. I like chocolate and raspberries, and I like strawberries and raspberries, but I don’t want to drink chocolate-strawberry-raspberry Valentines tea!

Auggy

Ha! Ironically, Adagio’s is one Ceylon I haven’t tried! (Well, not unflavored). The Ceylons I’ve had though seem way too plain to be remotely interesting. Maybe they are just supposed to be the blandness of the tea world.

Shanti

Hehe, yeah, I have a feeling Adagio’s plain Ceylon is more of a nasty-moldy-raspberry than delicious tea raspberry from good Ceylon.

takgoti

This one has grown on me quite a bit, though I should try it with milk. I should get better about playing with additives.

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Shanti

I think that’s what I dislike about Adagio’s ceylons—they taste like raspberry, even when I don’t want to taste raspberry. I like chocolate and raspberries, and I like strawberries and raspberries, but I don’t want to drink chocolate-strawberry-raspberry Valentines tea!

Auggy

Ha! Ironically, Adagio’s is one Ceylon I haven’t tried! (Well, not unflavored). The Ceylons I’ve had though seem way too plain to be remotely interesting. Maybe they are just supposed to be the blandness of the tea world.

Shanti

Hehe, yeah, I have a feeling Adagio’s plain Ceylon is more of a nasty-moldy-raspberry than delicious tea raspberry from good Ceylon.

takgoti

This one has grown on me quite a bit, though I should try it with milk. I should get better about playing with additives.

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1 – 10 – Bleck. Didn’t finish the cup.
11 – 25 – Drinkable. But don’t punish me by making me have it again.
26 – 40 – Meh. Most likely will see if the husband likes it iced.
41 – 60 – Okayish. Maybe one day I’ll kill off what I have in my pantry.
61 – 75 – Decent. I might pick some up if I needed tea.
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86 – 100 – Yum! I will hunt down the vendor to get this tea!

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