Lewis & Clark Traveling Teabox – Tea #1
Always thrilled to receive another teabox… so many teas to try! Some good ones in this one. This one is everything I love in a solid black tea!
Steep #1 // 2 tsps. // 10 min after boiling // 3 min steep
The color of the cup is a lovely deep red that promises amazing flavor: bready, malty, strong while still sweet, hints of dark fruit. I think this cup was steeped perfect. I’m not sure why the name is “assamica” though and I usually don’t think I like teas called Feng Qing. So very delicious and the perfect start to this teabox!
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 min
Another gorgeous cup – I think was doing a tea dance that resembled Britta’s pizza dance from Community. Much like Britta’s dance was inspired by drug use (and maybe pizza), tea is my drug! The flavor was almost identical to the first cup! So so good.
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Hey Tea Sipper, they call it assamica because its made of the pure, wild Yunnan assamica varietal (used for making puerh) as opposed to most Yunnan blacks which are made of the assamica hybridized with camelia sinensis sinensis from other parts of China.
Glad you liked it so much! I have some on order that I’m eagerly awaiting :)
That was weird, the comment number said zero but I didn’t see it until I clicked on the tasting note. Thanks for the info! It didn’t taste like what would turn into pu-erh. I think you’ll like this one!
Hey Tea Sipper, they call it assamica because its made of the pure, wild Yunnan assamica varietal (used for making puerh) as opposed to most Yunnan blacks which are made of the assamica hybridized with camelia sinensis sinensis from other parts of China.
Glad you liked it so much! I have some on order that I’m eagerly awaiting :)
That was weird, the comment number said zero but I didn’t see it until I clicked on the tasting note. Thanks for the info! It didn’t taste like what would turn into pu-erh. I think you’ll like this one!