“A strong CTC black tea. This tea often was unpleasant to drink because it had the tendency to go very strong extremely quickly, but this was a great tea for milk tea. I’m little sad that Harney...” Read full tasting note
“My tea budget was depleted recently so I’ve been happily focused on my stock of morning rotation black teas in my cabinet. But, as great as they are, it wasn’t long before I started getting the...” Read full tasting note
This tea is made near Keemun, so it shares many of the similar flavors. However, they handle the leaves a bit differently. They make sure that the oxidation is slow & controlled so that the lovely flavors develop over the hours. And when the tea is rolled, some of the tea leaves are broken and cannot be sold as the more expensive Songluo curls. So their problem is your opportunity. It has many of the great flavors of its full-leaved tea, but with more body and for less money.
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