So I ordered an advent and some Thyolo Moto Guava Smoked Tea from World Tea House and when I unboxed that order a couple days ago I was absolutely surprised and delighted to see that Phil had very thoughtfully included for me a bag of the unsmoked version of the same tea for, in his own words, “science”.
It was just such an incredibly thoughtful inclusion and so of course one of the first things I did that day when I had a moment was cup the unsmoked and smoked versions of the tea side by side for a comparative tasting. Truthfully, the smoked version of the tea just blows this one out of the water – it’s full bodied with a deeply mouth coating smokiness with subtle fruity elements to it and a nice clean finish. It feels so round as it sweeps across the palate. However, this one was still really nice! Notes of malt, honey, red fruit and nuts come across and in general it’s a full bodied and smoothly approachable black tea with very, very low astringency.
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