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“Sipdown 28 – 2024 Sad to say I didn’t love this as much as I thought I would. The fruitiness outshines the magnolia/any floral qualities and Bitterleaf wasn’t lying when they said there’s a banana...” Read full tasting note
“Gongfu! Enjoying some ground cherries paired with this magnolia scented black tea for my first tea session of the weekend. These ground cherries are so sweet, citrusy and jammy and are playing so...” Read full tasting note
Seeking out an infused black tea that’s enjoyable for both advanced drinkers and beginners can be a challenge. That’s why we were pleasantly surprised when we discovered these two teas. Not only have we been regularly returning to them ourselves, but they serve as a great tea to convert family and friends to the finer teas in life.
The black tea base comes from high quality, small-leaf varietal material from Yaan, which is then naturally infused using either Osmanthus or Hanxiao flowers.
We highly recommend comparing between both teas. We also suggest brewing both teas with a slightly lower temperature (85-90c) for best results.
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Scented with 含笑花 (a type of magnolia), this tea produces a prominent banana fragrance, which becomes more pronounced by the 3rd brew. Fruitier than its counterpart, this tea has a slight jam/fermented fruit quality that also touches on a ginseng fruit note, and complements the natural milk chocolate quality of the black tea.
The fragrance develops in layers from brew to brew, with a hint of white flower scent throughout. The flower used for scenting this tea blooms and is picked in April, and comes from the same region as the tea (Yaan). Unlike the other tea from this set, after the tea is infused, there is a labour intensive process of removing the flowers.
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Sipdown 28 – 2024
Sad to say I didn’t love this as much as I thought I would. The fruitiness outshines the magnolia/any floral qualities and Bitterleaf wasn’t lying when they said there’s a banana note. It’s interesting, but just wasn’t something I wanted to return to.
Flavors: Banana, Fruity
Gongfu!
Enjoying some ground cherries paired with this magnolia scented black tea for my first tea session of the weekend. These ground cherries are so sweet, citrusy and jammy and are playing so well off this Yaan black tea which is also pretty syrupy with very sweet, fruity notes. Initial steeps remind me a lot of banana jam – in particular one that I used to buy from a specialty store in Toronto (looking at you @kittenandthebear) that also had vanilla bean in it. It’s a little heady and floral, but more in the way a magnolia simple syrup used in craft mixology might be, and not so much in a more aromatic and perfume-y sense. It also has undertones of carob, cocoa nibs, over ripe purple berries and burnt sugar. Especially with this pairing, I’m finding that this tea teeters right on the edge of being a bit saccharine – though it never actually crosses that line.
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_5_SY4uf4z/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRvLQnXlLdI
