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“August Sipdown Prompt – your poshest tea I am not even going to pretend I know what defines posh tea or which of mine is the most fulfilling of that definition. I will, however, say that I feel...” Read full tasting note
“Dammann Frères Advent Calendar – Day 13 Simple but full-bodied and tasty. Always a pleasant to come across a black currant tasting tea! It’s an offering that I’d like to spend more time with when I...” Read full tasting note
“Home – 7:00 PM The Great Cupboard Excavation Untasted teas remaining: 41 Just chuggin’ along, making my way through the teas I haven’t written about yet. This is one that I purchased last year in...” Read full tasting note
Blend of black teas flavoured with the tasty notes of blackberry.
Dominant note : Red fruits
Type(s) of tea : Black Tea
Main flavour : Blackberry
August Sipdown Prompt – your poshest tea
I am not even going to pretend I know what defines posh tea or which of mine is the most fulfilling of that definition. I will, however, say that I feel super spoiled by this tea. Superanna bought it for me in Marseilles recently. The staff at the Dammann Freres shop there went above and beyond, even printing and attaching the labels in such a way that I could use them to label my tins at home instead of just sticking the label to the bags. She says the French may have been even nicer than the Canadians, and the Canadians “seemed about to burst into song” when she visited there.
This was so exactly what I hoped. Good black tea with a nice berry flavor, not red fruits or red berries masquerading as blackberry. Yes, it has some blackcuurant vibe and I love blackcurrant tea so that’s fine and I really rarely eat blackberries anyway so I wouldn’t be sure what they taste like in tea.
This resteeped more brilliantly than I would have imagined, so Ashman is getting it for breakfast tomorrow as well.
Dammann Frères Advent Calendar – Day 13
Simple but full-bodied and tasty. Always a pleasant to come across a black currant tasting tea! It’s an offering that I’d like to spend more time with when I have my nose back.
Steep Count: 2
Flavors: Berries, Black Currant, Blackberry, Fruity, Juicy, Malt, Smooth, Sweet, Tart
Home – 7:00 PM
The Great Cupboard Excavation
Untasted teas remaining: 41
Just chuggin’ along, making my way through the teas I haven’t written about yet. This is one that I purchased last year in France, and I drank it many times when I wasn’t back on Steepster yet. The name means “wild blackberry”, and it is a blackberry-flavored black tea.
The base tea is a mixture of malty, woody, and earthy, and is very smooth. To me, this tea is closer to black currant or elderberry than it is to blackberry. I suppose that’s because I expect blackberries to be tart, and this is more syrupy sweet with a concentrated rich flavor. But I happen to love black currant, so I’m not at all unhappy about that! The flavoring here is in perfect balance with the base tea in my opinion, it’s neither too strong nor too weak. The two are very well-matched.
I dig it. Very nice as an afternoon tea.
Flavors: Black Currant, Blackberry, Dried Fruit, Earth, Malt, Smooth, Wood
The Dammann staff in Nîmes were so nice too! Tea people are the best in every country I guess. ;)
I came across a bad experince in tea shop just once I guess. So, I generally agree with you Cameron B. :) And yes, I visited a lots of shops and came across lots of staff during my travels through Europe.