I love the flowery, over-the-top names given to some Darjeelings (like Moonlight, Enigma, and Summer Punch), especially when the teas deserve them. I’ve enjoyed Lochan’s offerings from Jungpana in the past, so I have high expectations going into this tea. I steeped 4 g of leaf in a 355 ml mug at 195F for 5 and 8 minutes.
The dry aroma is of muscatel, pastry, chocolate, flowers, and grass. The first steep has notes of heavy muscatel, dates, raisins, pastries, butter, chocolate, rose, spring flowers, spices, wood, straw, earth, tannins, and grass. The chocolate aftertaste is pronounced. The second steep is less exciting, with autumn leaf pile, malt, muscatel, tannins, wood, straw, and earth.
This is a lovely second flush Darjeeling that is indeed a summer delight. I was advised to get 100 grams, and I’m glad I listened.
Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Butter, Chocolate, Dates, Earth, Floral, Grass, Malt, Muscatel, Pastries, Raisins, Rose, Spices, Straw, Tannin, Wood
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Did you break Steepster again? :P
LOL, I hope not! The reviews do seem to stop after I post, though.
So, it was YOU! :P
Yep, it looks like it was! I can’t access any of the tea pages.
You’re not alone. I’m trying to remove items from my cupboard and add new ones that I just received from a Canadian teafriend!!