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Doug Glidden drank No. 1 Tippy Orthodox GFOP Darjeeling (TD50) by Upton Tea Imports

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In my first tasting of this tea, I noted promising flavors that seemed underdeveloped after steeping for 3:30. For this tasing, I steeped for 4:00, which seems to have swung the pendulum too far in the opposite direction—those underdeveloped flavors were completely masked by an unpleasant bitterness that was completely absent in my previous tasting. I will continue to experiment with steeping time and temperature for this tea, but for now, I still cannot recommend it.

Preparation

Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 5 tsp 24 OZ / 709 ML

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I’m a software engineer who loves classical music and good tea.

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I calculate my overall rating of a tea from weighted scores of the dry leaf, wet leaf, and (most importantly) liquor. My overall scoring ranges are as follows:

71–100: These teas are “recommended”. When replenishing my supplies, I am likely to consider purchasing larger quantities of these teas.
50–70: These teas are neither “recommended” nor “not recommended”. When replenishing my supplies, I may consider purchasing sample quantities of these teas, if I feel there is potential for improvement by adjusting the steeping parameters.
0–49: These teas are “not recommended”. When replenishing my supplies, I am very unlikely to consider these teas.

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