Darjeeling Estate Organic Black Tea - Organic - Fair Trade

48
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3 ratings
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Brand:Wegmans
Style:Darjeeling Black Tea
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Region:Darjeeling, India
Loose/teabag:Loose

This tea's info last updated: Apr. 6, 2011

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Reviewer pic56 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 2/5
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Kind of expensive - and it is NOT a first flush (light/sweet) Darjeeling - but it is good. Not a holy grail but a decent variety for Darjeeling - and I love Wegman's, so there's that. Twinings bagged Darjeeling (likely Autumnal Flush) is darker but smoother. This one (Wegman's Darjeeling) comes loose and brews up full bodies but not as dark as twinings and not as light/green/vegetal as my favorite "first flushes". I loves me a good Darjeeling. Wegman's - not my fave but will do in a pinch.
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Reviewer pic73 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
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I like this tea. It smells kind of smoky. The flavor was a little bland when I first tried it, but started tasting more flavorful as I was drinking the cup. I added cream and sugar.
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Reviewer pic60 Aroma: 5/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
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I suspect this is from Makaibari estate, not just because of the fair trade and organic certification, but because it bears the familiar aroma of black teas from that garden.

This particular batch is exceptionally fruity, one of the frutiest Darjeelings I've tried yet. There is an intense grape aroma, so sweet and ethereal I'd even call it estery. There's a faint rice-like quality, and perhaps a faint hint of fennel, but there isn't much else to the aroma. Only a very slight hint of bitterness.

This tea is mostly smooth, slightly sweet, very low in bitterness and astringency, but with more sourness than I would prefer.

Overall? I was extremely impressed by the aroma of the dry leaf, but upon brewing, I am disappointed. I do not like the flavor profile of this tea: it's too sour and there's not enough bitterness. I also find the aroma to be rather flat. The fruitiness is fleeting and there's just not enough else there. Too much like a Bai Hao / Oriental Beauty oolong, and that's a style of tea that I honestly am not a fan of.

This is the first tea I've bought from Wegmans that I thought was overpriced. It was marked $99/lb but rang up as $88/lb. For this price, I expected something top-notch, but I've had batches of tea come out of Makaibari estate (assuming that's where this is from) for less than half the price that I enjoyed much more.
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