Alex
Tea Reviewer
Member since May. 6th, 2018. Reviewed 45 teas.
Reviews of Teas & Herbal Teas from Octavia Tea
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Ancient Yunnan from Octavia Tea
Style: Yunnan Gold – Region: Yunnan, China83 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Jun. 9th, 2018
This is a very enjoyable tea. The twisted, tippy leaves have an aroma of raisins, wood, cocoa, and malt. When I added water I was initially disappointed to see that the leaves were broken, as I've paid less for full leaf Yunnan. Fortunately, the taste doesn't seem to suffer from this fact, with no bitterness and only a...
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Style: Black Tea – Region: Assam, India85 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5
May. 6th, 2018
While the dry leaves have a more mildly fruity generic black tea sort of smell, the brewed tea has a wonderfully sweet aroma of figs and raisins, and a similar taste. It's actually hard to taste anything else because of the strength of those notes: there's a background earthiness or something to add some substance and ...
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