Fortnum & Mason Advent Day 13 (tins)
This is a decent Darjeeling, and very good with breakfast. I wouldn’t seek it out as a solitary cup, but I am not a huge Darjeeling fan to begin with, save for Lupicia’s Sakura Premium and a good Margaret’s Hope second flush.
Fortunately, you can fine tune your steeping parameters to adjust the briskness (yow!) and strength. At 185F and three minutes, this steeped up darker than my other Darjeelings have done, but they were whole leaf mostly. I like it, but I wouldn’t buy a whole tin. I DO enjoy it as a breakfast tea, maybe even more than their breakfast blends.
