This is a powerful Darjeeling that can also be used as an industrial degreaser or paint stripper.
Well, OK, not really. But the cup I brewed…well, it kind of feels like a punishment because it’s so bitter and astringent, but has very little actual tea flavour. It just tastes like regret and disappointment with an odd whiff of petrol at the end.
I suspect this tea is much better with milk and sugar to cut the bitterness and astringency. But I’m just going to pour this down the drain and hope it unclogs my kitchen sink. Still, it is a classic tea from a venerable brand, so I shall defer to centuries of tea drinkers who seem to love this and say it’s not a bad tea, it’s just not for me.
Flavors: Astringent, Biting, Bitter
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I felt the same way about darjeeling until I bought the good stuff and then treated it almost like a Japanese green tea. Really low temperature water from 160F to 175F and a short steep of 3 minutes. Now I occasionally actually crave it. Margaret’s Hope Second Flush was my first successful pot of Darjeeling. Premium Sakura from Lupicia was good, too.
Thank you for the advice- I’ll give those a try at the lower temperature. I’ve had better Darjeeling than this Twinings but can’t recall the exact brand.
I’m out of Drano. Now I know what to get ;)
Ha! This will do it- just give it 5 minutes and it can cut through any clog imaginable!
I felt the same way about darjeeling until I bought the good stuff and then treated it almost like a Japanese green tea. Really low temperature water from 160F to 175F and a short steep of 3 minutes. Now I occasionally actually crave it. Margaret’s Hope Second Flush was my first successful pot of Darjeeling. Premium Sakura from Lupicia was good, too.
Thank you for the advice- I’ll give those a try at the lower temperature. I’ve had better Darjeeling than this Twinings but can’t recall the exact brand.
I’m out of Drano. Now I know what to get ;)
Ha! This will do it- just give it 5 minutes and it can cut through any clog imaginable!