Sipdown, 141. I sent the package of this that I got in my happy bag away in a swap a while ago, but I still had the sample bag kicking around. I figured I should at least try it, although I was not optimistic because it had the dreaded darjeeling in it.
When I brewed it up, it smelled pretty good, honestly. I may have to explore assams a bit (beyond Butiki’s PTA) because I think they do have potential for me. I used to think that assams were the part of the blend I didn’t like, but now I think that it was likely certain (but not all) keemuns. Maybe certain assams as well, I guess. Anyway, when this was hot it was pretty decent, though not particularly interesting, but as it cooled it got very bitter for some reason. Not sad I sent the rest of it away, though I liked it better than I thought I would.
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It could be anything that threw you off from the tea, maybe it sat to near a really pungent tea, or other item. Maybe it got exposed to heat/cold. Or might of been a bad crop. Whole bunch of variables.
Oh I wasn’t talking about this blend in particular, but any time I would have a black tea blend with somewhat unknown components, and there was one part that I didn’t like about it.
It could be anything that threw you off from the tea, maybe it sat to near a really pungent tea, or other item. Maybe it got exposed to heat/cold. Or might of been a bad crop. Whole bunch of variables.
Oh I wasn’t talking about this blend in particular, but any time I would have a black tea blend with somewhat unknown components, and there was one part that I didn’t like about it.