“Review of Ceylon Silver Stripped from The Tao of Tea sampler I have been enjoying this tea for two days now. I began the morning of last with a brimming cup of this tea. I placed two teaspoon of...” Read full tasting note
“This is NOT a basic tea, I was just underleafing it. It needs a lot more leaf to bring out its flavor, don’t be afraid to brew 5 grams for 300g water. It’s got lots of great notes like the brown...” Read full tasting note
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A full-flavored Ceylon with an intense black cherry, brown sugar aroma.
A low-country tea from Ratnapura. Made with a lot of leaf tips, giving it a smooth refined flavor. It terms of a leaf grade, this is a FBOPF-Extra Special.
Lowland Tea
Unlike other tea growing regions in the world, many of the best teas in Sri Lanka are grown in the lowlands near the coast. Topographically, this tea is grown in a virtual crucible fostering quick growth and lush, full leaves and tips.
Orthodox Processing
Orthodox Manufacture refers to teas which are hand-plucked and processed in smaller quantities and closely watched to maintain predominantly full, unbroken leaf. Ceylon Silver Stripe is and orthodox tea produced from young leaf and tip bud, lightly withered and carefully rolled in a special, wooden base tea roller to maintain the leaf’s consistent color and shape.
Silver Stripe
During processing, the edges of each leaf and bud curl inward revealing the slender mid-vein of the leaf which has turned a bright white-silver color.
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