Dry: The loose leaf is a mix of a few different teas. Short + shorter black leaves are apparent in the tin with some random golden tips. From the website, I am looking at Tippy Assam and Kenyan both blended Kenilworth Ceylon. The smells of the dry leaves threw both my husband and I both off quite a bit. I was expecting something a bit earthy and malty with a hint of honey, but the aroma is very potent floral bee pollen type-honey notes to where I thought maybe I had the wrong tea at first in the sample bag. It is described as “smells slightly of honey,” which I would disagree with.
Steeped: Medium red-brown clear liquor. Smells very similar to the dry leaf- strong floral wild honey notes with an Assam aroma.
Taste: I didn’t really love the smell, but this tastes a bit more rounded out than the initial dry leaf scent. I definitely get Assam and floral honeyed notes. Although it is less potent steeped, I would still describe this one as pretty flowery overall. As it turns out, I would much rather just add my preferred honey to a favorite black tea base. Glad I was able to try it though and the next pot will be a sipdown! Happy Monday, ya’ll. :)
