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“2021 sipdown no. 77 I really enjoy this tea. It’s a unique tea and a nice change from my many malty teas. This one is more woody with hints of sweetness that are different than most of my other...” Read full tasting note
“Thanks to Roswell Strange for my first Columbian black tea! How exciting! Felt like a straight black today, and since this was staring me in the face, I went for it. Initial smell of the leaf was...” Read full tasting note
“My first tea from this morning, steeped strong and Western style. I’m actually much closed to a sipdown of this tea than I thought I was and now I kind of feel like I need to decide whether I want...” Read full tasting note
High above the Western flanks of the Andes, in La Cumbre region, at over 1800m of altitude we find the luxurious garden origin of this organic black tea. A unique tea with the barley and woody taste, often found in stronger black teas. The choice of cultivars adds a sweeter edge of sugar cane, cocoa and honey. A great addition and a perfect morning tea!
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2021 sipdown no. 77
I really enjoy this tea. It’s a unique tea and a nice change from my many malty teas. This one is more woody with hints of sweetness that are different than most of my other straight black teas.
Thanks to Roswell Strange for my first Columbian black tea! How exciting!
Felt like a straight black today, and since this was staring me in the face, I went for it. Initial smell of the leaf was robust and rich, malty and maybe a hint chocolatey – so a great first impression! Brewed up, it was the oddest thing – when it was warm, it tasted like straight up cooked sweet potato. Or butternut squash. I wasn’t quite sure, but it wasn’t sweet. It was very intriguing, but of course I then left the house and the tea cooled; cool it tastes like a nice, malty black – not my favourite profile, but on the yummy side. One weird thing, though – when it was hot, there was the slightest bit of fishiness. I can’t rule out some sort of contamination, as I’ve had pu’erh in infusers lately, and also had smoked salmon yesterday (though I can’t imagine having contaminated an infuser with it). It did dissipate as the tea cooled, though.
My first tea from this morning, steeped strong and Western style. I’m actually much closed to a sipdown of this tea than I thought I was and now I kind of feel like I need to decide whether I want to restock or not…
It’s such a brisk tea though with this almost grizzly full bodied and tannic character about it. Really malty but with spice notes like cumin and a distinct note of baked bread which is honestly probably the “sweetest” element of the flavour. It’s just strong in a way that not a lot of other black teas I have are when steeped Western style. Breakfast blends are nice and do have a strength to them but they lack the spicy bite I get from this tea.
