Hello. I am a tea hoarder. I have had this little packet for eight years, based on my first review. And do you know what? Even sloppily stored, woodged down to the bottom of a bits-and-pieces basket, it is still delicious. I can’t find it in current stock or existence, but previous notes indicate that it was a Darjeeling/Yunnan blend; not flavored that I can tell, but it steeps up to a dark and satiny ebony, and has come caramel-pecan-chestnut personality. Second steep was 90% strength of the original, and lovely with some milk.
This seems to be my weekend for nostalgia. Assembling ingredients to attempt my mom’s and sister’s fresh apple fruitcake recipe. Browsing “The Complete Christmas Book” (copyright 1958) that my mom read to me from when I was a sprout. An eight-year-old tea seems about right.
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It sounds like a lovely weekend! I, too, have discovered teas that are embarassingly old…don’t feel bad.
Happy to see that drinking old teas are still okay. As I have big hoard of them – I see they still can be tasty.
Sil, thanks! I fished and fished online with no description luck.
Martin, I’ve always contended that properly stored unflavored tea is, in most cases, drinkable to infinity…although it does lose some muscle along the way. (Don’t we all?) Flavored teas can go wonky as the additives age.
It sounds like a lovely weekend! I, too, have discovered teas that are embarassingly old…don’t feel bad.
https://www.mariagefreres.com/UK/2-prince-bhodi-dharma-T723.html
Happy to see that drinking old teas are still okay. As I have big hoard of them – I see they still can be tasty.
Sil, thanks! I fished and fished online with no description luck.
Martin, I’ve always contended that properly stored unflavored tea is, in most cases, drinkable to infinity…although it does lose some muscle along the way. (Don’t we all?) Flavored teas can go wonky as the additives age.