Tangerine Tuxedo

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Black Fruit Blend
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Caffeine
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  • “I have been eyeing this and other similar teas for a few years now. I adore orange and similar citrus fruits (not including bergamot), but I never seem to be making orders with companies that have...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Gongfu! This morning a coworker reached out to me to ask my thoughts on tea stuffed citrus (I love them) like tangerine/mandarin, and that was my inspiration for digging through my tea stash to...” Read full tasting note
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Tangerine Tuxedo is a popular style of tea in China. This unique treat is made by hollowing out a tangerine, filling it with black tea and then letting it dry as one. The fruit infuses the leaves with its citrus notes, smoothing out the earthy tea when brewed. Its traditional use is for soothing the stomach and is commonly drunk in the winter months or after meals.

This tea contains a high level of caffeine | Steep at 212° for 5 minutes.

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I have been eyeing this and other similar teas for a few years now. I adore orange and similar citrus fruits (not including bergamot), but I never seem to be making orders with companies that have them.

I had also tried Adagio many years ago very early in my journey and found everything was just way too bitter and harsh for my tastes. And then I went and developed a taste for bitter. So one night of absolute madness I decided to try Adagio again. And this was one of them.

For today I have put half of one of these little tangerines, including peel, in my little pot and steeped in boiling water for about 1-2 minutes. I am honestly surprised on how much I enjoy this. The tangerine flavor is pronounced of the peel, which I adore (though I am les fond of tangerine than I am orange). The tangerine peel gives everything a nice sweetness without things being too sweet, which I am enjoying.

Using my steeping parameters, the flavor is every bit as pronounced on the second steep as it was on the first. I plan to drink on this all day and I am curious how long the flavor will last until it fades away.

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I got 5 solid steeps from this over the course of the day. The last two were 2-3 minutes long. The flavor was still staying pretty steady and I likely could have kept going

On the down side, the sweetness of this got to me after a while and by the time I was on my way home, I was actually feeling a little queasy. Not something I can drink much of, or often really, but its certainly something I will enjoy once in a while.

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Gongfu!

This morning a coworker reached out to me to ask my thoughts on tea stuffed citrus (I love them) like tangerine/mandarin, and that was my inspiration for digging through my tea stash to find this to drink over my lunch break today!

I find this tea so enjoyable with it’s bright, sweet and fresh citrus/tangerine notes and the almost honeyed malt and fruit notes from the black tea based. With these stuffed citrus fruits, there’s a spectrum that exists between really sweet and lively citrus/chenpi and the much more medicinal aged chenpi that lingers on the palate and coats the throat. Both are really good, but such drastically different experiences – you can tell that the citrus used here really isn’t that old/hasn’t aged.

Five solid steeps, one less solid one at the end – long steep times are key IMO because you get such a rich orange flavour, but the black tea also isn’t lost. It’s pretty forgiving to harsher brewing conditions. As with all of these types of stuffed citrus fruits, I broke the peel up and used it with my brewing – around a 1/2 orange for my little glass pot.

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