Capital Tea Ltd.

first day back to work after this weekend’s sick fest. Working from home to take it slow…let me tell you, whatever this thing is that’s going around, it has knocked me on my ass. Even the couple hours i’ve been working for so far have been almost too much. thankfully i’m coughing a lot less, so i think i’m on the up swing. Pulled out a few teas to drink today if only to make sure i keep hydrating since i’ll be talking more today than this weekend. I’ve enjoyed this one but not sure it needs to be a restock. It doesn’t do travel mugs well so i tend to only drink it when i’m at home.

my other cup from this morning. Love this one at home…hate drinking it in the travel mug. I also bring the temp down a little when i brew this one as i find it helps to make any sort of astringency go away.

Long weekend! Of course i really wish i had new teas to drink and try this weekend but it’s not meant to be. At least this is a nice one to have at home – works better than in the travel mug for me :)

Need to write on the package to brew this one at lower temps. Every time i do, i’m much happier with results :)

This works really well brewed at a lower temperature for a shorter period of time. makes it much less astringent and a smoother brew. a good start to the morning.

morning tea with a crazy dog. While this isn’t my favourite tea, it’s anice morning cup to kick the day off.

This one is in my cupboard after getting a sample an eternity ago from YYZ which i really enjoyed. This is going to be a great every day cup for me…something that i can drink every day without feeling guilty for not paying attention to a seriously incredible cup of tea. It is smooth and well balanced, a tasty ceylon!

Another sample from YYZ Again, i didn’t get nearly as much tea drinking in today as i’d hoped but some is better than none! I had this earlier this afternoon and it was a very pleasant cup of tea. It’s nice to find a ceylon that isn’t “red rose” like. This is a malty, fruity cup of delicious. I might need to pick some up to share with the BBB ladies in the future :)

Wow, this handmade tea is special! Incredibly complex it has the bright light citrusy, top notes of many darjeeling’s, a bright green floral mixed with a faint eucalyptus menthol (possibly from the plantations grown in this region), lemon thyme and cinnamon and pepper, with sweet potato, roasted cashew, cream, honey, and wood tinged malt, mixed with a savoury vegetal, and light cocoa notes underneath.

The long dried leaves are long, loosely twisted, and wiry, ranging in colour from medium to dark brown with scattered silver green, gold touched downy tips. They smell very bright and inviting with hints of citrus, sweet potato, hay, and green citrus flowers.

Using 1 TSP/225ml at around 95 °C I had a bright light copper orange tea that smelled of muscatel like tones, sweet red grapefruit, sweet potato and honey. As it cooled a nutty cashew like tone also appeared.

This tea tasted incredibly well rounded with its bright, light and fruity, citrusy top notes, blending well sweet potato, honey notes underneath. These notes lie on top of a deeper slightly woody note that lies on top of a slightly vegetal, slightly mineral light malt note.

As it cools a slightly lemony green floral blends with the fruit, a cream and roasted cashew note blends with the sweet potato and honey, with the honey intensifying, and a hint of cocoa blends with the lower base notes, it also becomes more buttery and smooth in texture and develops a feeling of greater density.

The tea has a mild to moderate astringency, a good balance of flavours, and a moderate level of caffeine.

The aftertaste has a good blend of honey and spice, with notes of lemon thyme, menthol, cinnamon, pepper and cocoa mixed with a tang of citrus.

This teas price is a result of the low yield of its style of plucking, its hand processing, and the general quality of the finished product which is unique and special.

It is absolutely delicious!

Special thanks to Capital Tea Ltd for this sample. The tea is available in 20g and 50g packages here: http://www.capitaltea.com/shop/product.php?productid=242&cat=0&page=1

For more information on Glendale estate go here: http://www.glendale-tea.com/about-glendale.html