Selim Hill Classic Darjeeling Second Flush Organic Black Tea

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea, Darjeeling Tea
Flavors
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Organic
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 5 g 12 oz / 354 ml

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  • “Catching up on a tea which I drank on Sunday but didn’t have time to enter. Out of the bag, the dried leaves looked appealing—very few broken leaves or stems in the mix, and I see a few golden...” Read full tasting note
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From Vahdam Teas

An exclusive invoice from the scenic plantations of Selim Hill in Darjeeling. The steeped cuppa is delightfully grassy with suggestions of rich vegetal notes and a underlined sweetness which develops exquisitely after a few rolls. Manufactured from premium bushes in the high elevation region of the estate.

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Catching up on a tea which I drank on Sunday but didn’t have time to enter. Out of the bag, the dried leaves looked appealing—very few broken leaves or stems in the mix, and I see a few golden tips mixed in.

I steeped the tea using 5 grams of dried leaves in 12 ounces of near boiling water for 4 minutes.

This didn’t taste much like a typical second flush Darjeeling. I was expecting a muscatel flavor and aroma, but there wasn’t that at all. In fact, there really wasn’t a notable aroma or flavor at all, above and beyond typical black tea. I gave a cup to my mom (it was Mother’s Day, after all) and she told me “it tastes like Lipton.” I personally would not go that far, but it really didn’t have any hints of unique flavor or aromas—just a basic, orthodox black tea.

I was a disappointed that there wasn’t more to it but I still enjoyed it. I would drink it again, but would at least have a lowered expectation next time and hope to be surprised.

NOTE: The bag I used showed the date of packaging as July, 2016

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 5 g 12 OZ / 354 ML

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