Black Tea from Colombia

Sounds like an interesting tea but I have no idea how good the Colombians are at making tea.

I actually have some Colombian Black Tea (10g) up for sale at the stash thread for .50, and I have Colombian Green Tea up as well. It’s an interesting and unique brew; I haven’t picked up their tones in any other black tea. Browse on over and let me know if you’re interested. :)

I have, I met Bitaco tea estate people a few times at WTE. Reviewed them on my blog http://oolongowl.com/category/tea-reviews/bitaco/

I think the blends are the best, they got some creative ones. Few other sellers picked them up, so other places sell it besides them.

Having stocked Bitaco’s teas this year and last, I noticed a marked improvement in quality this year which isn’t surprising given the level of investment they are putting in to their tea production.

I would expect the quality of their tea production to continue improving given their investment and efforts coupled with the favourable terroir, high elevation and organic status.

Thanks for all the input! Your reviews Oolong Owl have pushed me to sample this tea. Sounds like it is right up my alley!

Oh, I also want to try this tea, that sound interesting!
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Oo, I really hope they continue improving their production methods! I have a feeling that given the 3,000 year history of Chinese tea and the huge cultural value of it in China, other countries, will not be able to match the standard of quality anytime soon (I haven’t been able to find finer tea outside of best Chinese tea for sure!), but this certainly excites me – it’d be amazing to get some good quality tea grown in a completely different terroir, biodiversity and somewhere where monitoring every one of your teas for pollution levels is less of a concern!

Let us know what you think if you try it please!

Yulia X

A new kind of tea! I would love to taste it in addition to others that are still unknown to me. :)

I just tried this tea having bought it last week. It was pretty good. It was fairly smooth, and a bit malty. I guess you could say it had some fruity notes although I didn’t find them to be strong. I posted a review about this tea. It’s quite good when you realize that Columbia only just started growing tea and that the Chinese have been at it for 3000 years.

I’m a bit late to be answering, but Lazy Literatus did a fun review of Bitaco teas: http://steepstories.com/going-back-bitaco/