When I placed an order at Paper & Tea last year , this was a caprice buy (17€ for a 20g pouch). This first flush Darjeeling was harvested in April 2020 and one “batch” of tea (5g is advised on the pouch, but I use less) can be brewed 3 times, according to P&T. And it can indeed : the short steeps of 60s / 20s / 45s are very good indications to have this tea at its best, but as mentioned before, I use less tea, maybe 2g instead of the 5g recommendation.
Spicy nose of the dry tea leaves, and typical first flush Darjeeling bouquet (muscatel, floral) once brewed. Light yellow brew, with very good body for the steeping time (and for the amount of tea I use, I definitely do not recommend to use 5g!!!), what´s there not to like? The price, for sure…both first flush Darjeelings from Kent&Sussex I bought more or less at the same time come in at less than 7 GBP for 30g, and although I only steep them twice (it might be possible to steep them 3 times as well, I never tried, to be honest), I enjoy them just as much. Maybe fancy marketing adds quite a bit to the price, or maybe the tea trade gives better conditions to UK tea companies?
Flavors: Floral, Muscatel, Spicy, Tea
