So this, like Safari from the same company, was a tea I got for a friend, but as everything didn’t fit into the little travel kit I put together for her, I got stuck with some to try out for myself. (I am so unfortunate. Suffering. Really.) I was looking for the black equivalent of …
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Pleine Lune – Mariage Frères
…and another steep and re-steep. I want to court this tea and love it very tenderly. Forever. Boiling, 3 min 30
Wedding Impérial – Mariage Frères
Steeped, and re-steeped. It just gets better. Boiling, 3 min 30
Fruites del bosc – Tea Shop of East West Company
I’m cheating just a bit – I had this before, but as an after-dinner tea to accompany raspberry sorbet. It turned the whole thing into the most berryful of orgies, so I didn’t bother with a tasting note. I still find flavoured black teas slightly overwhelming at times. There’s just so much of everything. Then …
Wedding Impérial – Mariage Frères
I suppose the time has come for me to confess I’m not a big fan of the kind of ‘dessert tea’ that contains large chunks of chocolate and caramel and whatnot. I’d rather just have a hot chocolate, complete with rum and whipped cream and vanilla extract and all the decadent little trimmings. I do …
Nine Dragon Golden Needle Black Tea – Teavana
This is tea #3 from the selection of four I first talked about in this post: http://gluttonette.com/?p=265 I’ve had various golden needle teas before, but I’ve never brewed them myself. The long, spiky leaves aren’t really ideal for a one-cup infuser, but it worked out. I was struck by a brief wave of OCD desire to steep them …
Uppsalablandning (Uppsala blend) – Tehörnan
So this is the local Uppsala blend – I don’t know if it’s specific for Tehörnan, or if I can find it in other tea shops around town. I got it as a gift when I bought something else – this is definitely not something I would pick out. It smells vaguely spicy in the …
Pleine Lune – Mariage Frères
I smelled this in the Selfridge’s (Apostrophe Protection Society 4 lyfe) store and had to try it. Almondy teas all-too-often hit that cheap, artificial bitter almond essence note, but this is much closer to amaretto-drizzled marzipan cake – but without being cloying. Re-steeping is quite acceptable – but it really brings out the cinnamon in …
Ofelia – Sing Tehus
Smelling the dry tea, what I pick up more than anything is apricot and a hint of cornflower. Both scent- and flavour wise, it’s a fairly mild tea, and has none of the oily pungency I’ve experienced in many other floral and/or fruity blacks. This mildness, however, robs the cup of much of the personality …