3tsp for 180mL water @ 90C, steeped 4 minutes, drunk bare.
Picking date: 29 April 2021.
Dry leaf: pale and jade green, some white, long and twisted, very fluffy.
Dry leaf aroma: citrus and earth.
Wet leaf: light green with vegetal and citrus aromas.
Liquor: lightest bronze, almost gold. Strong Darjeeling and some citrus aroma, almost like bergamot.
Taste: much more vegetal than I expected with citron playing with muscatel. Much closer to a green than a black tea, as one expects with first flush Darjeelings. I didn’t like the first sip, but it really growing on me. A delicate but hardly weak or frail Darjeeling, definitely tending to the citrus end with a nice muscatel/spicy finish. Dances on the tongue.
Another delight in the Teabox Darjeeling sampler pack.
