Tea: Darjeeling Tea - Specialty Classics
A Darjeeling Black Tea from Basilur
| Brand: | Basilur |
| Style: | Darjeeling Black Tea |
| Region: | Darjeeling, India |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Loose? | Teabag |
| # Ratings: | 2 View All |
Reviewer: Alex Zorach
✓ 1453 teas reviewed
✓ 66 of Darjeeling Black Tea
✓ 501 of Black Tea
✓ 6 of Basilur
✓ 78 from Darjeeling, India
✓ 209 from India
Review of Darjeeling Tea - Specialty Classics
September 14th, 2016
| Aroma | Flavor | Value | Total |
| 7 of 10 | 4 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 70 of 100 |
| Very Good | Good | Reasonable |
This was served to me at a wedding and I was able to take a few different tea bags to try them later. I was surprised at the quality of this one.
The tea bag is not extraordinarily aromatic, but the brewed cup has a very nice, strong black tea smell. It reminds me a lot of sticking my nose into a bin of fresh, loose-leaf black tea. It doesn't smell that distinctively Darjeeling-like, although a few of the familiar fruity and floral notes are in there.
This tea is bold and dark, quite unusually so for a Darjeeling.
Good and I'd gladly drink again, especially over other generic black tea bags. The quality of this one was closer to what I expect out of a good quality loose-leaf tea. I am only giving this a 3 on value because the only sources of it I found online seemed very expensive (about $13 for a box of 20 tea bags; this tea was good, but not worth that in my opinion).
