2018 Arbor Red

A Black Tea from

Rating

83 / 100

Calculated from 7 Ratings
Tea type
Black Tea
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Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Malt, Smoke, Sugarcane, Brown Sugar, Campfire, Cherry, Cherry Wood, Creamy, Dates, Floral, Herbs, Leather, Medicinal, Oak, Plum, Red Fruits, Sweet, Thick, Tobacco, Vanilla, Ash, Wood, Alcohol, Berries, Biting, Bitter, Citrus, Decayed Wood, Metallic, Pleasantly Sour, Tropical, Umami, Fruity, Honey, Nectar, Stonefruit, Cacao, Forest Floor, Nectarine, Peat, Shellfish, Sour, Herbaceous
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Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Not available
Typical Preparation
Use 4 oz / 112 ml of water
Set water temperature to 205 °F / 96 °C
Use 6 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 30 sec
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“People really seem to love this one, so after reading the reviews I eagerly bought a sample, but unfortunately, for the price, I’m not that impressed with it. It’s certainly an interesting tea. You...” Read full tasting note
“Certainly one of the most interesting red teas I’ve tasted. It’s soothing and sits so comfortably in my body, even when drank on an empty stomach in the morning. Thick and sweet with deeply...” Read full tasting note
“Fascinating. Resting did the trick. I would have sworn it is a completely different tea. It now tastes kind of like honey w/ the backbone you would expect from a fine single malt but more delicate....” Read full tasting note
“This is an interesting and original tea. First thing you notice is it’s smokiness, but when brewed properly more complexity and nuances can be extracted. It has a thick body for a soup that is on...” Read full tasting note

Description

Old arbor large leaf varietal tea that is usually destined to be made in raw Puer, picked and processed into dianhong style tea with sun drying. We also have a white tea version of the same material.

Arbor red is has an herbaceous fragrance and flavors that often border on medicinal. Sweetness underlies the complex flavors and heavy body of this tea. This is an enduring and heavy black tea best suited for a longer, gongfu style tea session.

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