423 Tasting Notes
Having this as an evening treat, together with some roasted chestnuts.
Also – just reached the 200 reviews milestone! Woot!
This is getting to be one of my regular teas, and I really can’t explain it. I have higher quality teas at hand, but when I want a warm tea-with-milk or evening pick me up, I keep on reaching for this fellow.
The leaves of this tea are very fine cut, so it does make for a not so fun post-tea cleanup.
I had another cup of this last night, with milk. Ceylon has been used to death, and so many tea lovers have fallen out of love with it. Buy good Ceylons are versatile, if a little astringent, friends, and they make wonderfully fragrant brews, both hot and cold, with milk or without. They are also make for an unobtrusive base for any home-made blend that you want to make, and go well with lemon, Moroccan mint, mint, oranges, etc. This tea is my favourite BOP Ceylon blend, and is fantastically well behaved and dependable. And I just love the very “tea” smell of it when I open the caddy.
Don’t give up on Ceylons just yet, that is all that I’m saying. They are the bread and butter of tea, IMHO.
Had two cups of this yesterday, and both of spun golden sweetness. A fantastic tea, that is worth stockpiling
Preparation
It is! You just want to look at it, and stroke it’s golden fuzzy leaves at first. I have another fantastic Dian Hong (Dian Hong, Golden Buds 2011) from the Chinese Tea Company in Portobello Road in London, and it is also fantastic. My friends shriek when they hear the price of these teas, but they are totally worth it to me, and a treat that I allow myself to drink on special occasions, or when I really need something to cheer me up.
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