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drank 2014 Glendale Twirl (Spring) Nilgiri Black Tea by Teabox
894 tasting notes

So I’ve been a bit obsessed with DAVIDs’ very limited Blue Mountain Twirl, which is a green tea from the Glendale estate. It’s very unique and delicious and gone from stores. (I stocked up but it won’t last forever.) So I’ve been really excited to have a lot of Glendale teas in my Teabox sampler.

The dark amber liquor smells amazing. Very fruity and very floral.

On the palate it’s both juicy and perfumey. There are some grape notes and something vaguely tropical, that lend a certain sweetness to the cup. The floral is somewhere between orchid and rose.

Just a touch astringent, not unpleasant.

While this is quite different from Blue Mountain Twirl, it’s very lovely.

Flavors: Astringent, Floral, Fruity, Grapes, Orchid, Perfume, Rose, Sweet, Tropical

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 45 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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yyz
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Worse comes to worse Anlina you could try contacting the estate and see if they will sell to you directly. http://www.glendalegreentea.com/products.aspx

raven22
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LOVE Blue Mountain Twirl!

Anlina
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Oh thanks for the suggestion yyz!

donkeyteaarrrraugh
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I purchased 100g of this tea because it was so “delightful” (best word I can think of for it!) If you’d like to swap for some more, let me know!

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yyz
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Worse comes to worse Anlina you could try contacting the estate and see if they will sell to you directly. http://www.glendalegreentea.com/products.aspx

raven22
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LOVE Blue Mountain Twirl!

Anlina
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Oh thanks for the suggestion yyz!

donkeyteaarrrraugh
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I purchased 100g of this tea because it was so “delightful” (best word I can think of for it!) If you’d like to swap for some more, let me know!

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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