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“I generally don’t drink many Ceylon teas but they have been growing on me. This one especially because the tannic after taste you generally get with black ceylons can be a bit much and so people...” Read full tasting note
“I caved and bought a few of my favourite teas from Teakruthi during their Black Friday sale, and also got a couple more samples to review. I was in the mood for a breakfast tea this morning, and...” Read full tasting note
Savour the taste of a deliciously strong flavoured tea with this Organic Broken Orange Pekoe Special (BOP SP). This single estate tea high grown in the Dimbulla region which has been producing premium quality teas since the 19th century. The certified organic tea is grown using traditional organic-only fertilisers and labour-intensive yet traditional methods of harvesting where the growers’ hand pluck only the bud and top two tender leaves, giving you the finest quality of tea grown here. The tea is processed to give you a strong flavoured brew that has a deep amber brownish-gold colour and woody, slightly burnt after notes.
Tasting notes
Aroma
Smokey and herbaceous
Liquor
Burnt gold
Taste
Woody, slight burnt, strong
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I generally don’t drink many Ceylon teas but they have been growing on me. This one especially because the tannic after taste you generally get with black ceylons can be a bit much and so people tend to add milk and or sugar, which I don’t, but this one is very slight. It has good woody and slightly earthy tones.
I caved and bought a few of my favourite teas from Teakruthi during their Black Friday sale, and also got a couple more samples to review. I was in the mood for a breakfast tea this morning, and this broken orange pekoe did the job. I steeped 2 teaspoons of tea in a 355 ml mug at 205F for 3.5, 5, and 10 minutes.
The dry aroma of these very broken-up leaves is of malt, honey, and green grapes. The first steep has notes of malt, honey, tannin, baked bread, wood, grass, and green grapes. I get a coppery, malty aftertaste. The second steep focuses on the malt, baked bread, and honey, and is actually a bit weaker despite its longer time. The final steep is surprisingly gentle for this type of tea and echoes the malt and honey in the second steep.
This is a nice breakfast tea with some distinctive Sri Lankan components (i.e., the flavour I identify as green grapes and that coppery aftertaste). It never gets too bitter, which is a plus for a BOP. I recommend it for mornings when you want something solid and uncomplicated.
Flavors: Bread, Grapes, Grass, Honey, Malt, Tannin, Wood
