Historically, I’ve not been a huge fan of the purple teas that I’ve tried out of Kenya. However, I strongly believe in revisiting teas as your preferences can shift quite significantly over time – in many cases in a super subconscious way! In this case, there’s an added benefit to revisiting this tea type: in the grand scheme of the world of tea, purple tea is very much still in its infancy. Even a few years can make a world of difference as elements like the terroir and production methods evolve and are further refined!!
So, all that to say that I don’t know if I’m ready to be first in line for the next year’s harvest of this tea, but… Well, it’s certainly the nicest Kenyan Purple Tea I’ve sampled to date. Smooth, and honestly pretty fruity with denser jammy-type stonefruit notes with a clean, wood forward finish!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcQi-iO6gC/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpeXGawnmVs