Palas Afternoon Tea

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea
Flavors
Citrus, Malt, Smooth, Tannin
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Caffeine
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Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 30 sec 2 g 8 oz / 250 ml

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  • “I have the chance to drink this blend thanks to LaFleurBleue who sent me a generous sample. It is a nice and qualitative tea. The dry leaves are amazing, very long but curved and very dry. Once...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I bought this tea at the same time as Garden Teas Palas Suprem, directly at the plantation in the middle of Cameron Highlands. I started with the other one, thinking it would be more...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I know it’s an afternoon tea, but today I’m drinking it with breakfast. I really like this tea – it surprised me by being far better than I expected. It just refuses to brew too dark or strong, no...” Read full tasting note
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A light and delicate full leaf tea.

An Orange Pekoe ‘A’ leaf tea with a soothing character.

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I have the chance to drink this blend thanks to LaFleurBleue who sent me a generous sample.
It is a nice and qualitative tea.
The dry leaves are amazing, very long but curved and very dry.

Once steeped, the leaves are very large almost entire.

The scent is not very strong but steeped, the aromas are there.
The tea base is a very good black one.
I really like it without being absolutely in love but maybe because I mainly drink flavoured teas and this one is not.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 15 sec

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I bought this tea at the same time as Garden Teas Palas Suprem, directly at the plantation in the middle of Cameron Highlands.
I started with the other one, thinking it would be more citrus-flavored than this one. I had already find the explanation behind my complete misunderstanding of Orange Pekoe and Pekoe tea, when I decided to open this box (see rating for Garden Teas Palas Suprem). I did not expect a citrus tangy flavor but just full nice leaves.
I realized that the box despite being the same thing as Palas Suprem only contained 75g of tea while the other had 100g inside. As soon as it was opened, I realized why : the dry leaves were slightly twisted, looked quite big and if there had been more, they would have been broken.
I steeped it in a gaiwan, as I anticipated that the leaves should require space in the water to really expand. That was a great idea, as I found it really nice to look at the leaves opening and expanding completely within the cup. After steeping, all leaves were entire and were all between 5 to 7 cm, I had never before seen any so large and unbroken in any tea.
The taste was rather nice for a black tea; to my opinion, a bit nicer than Palas Supreme. If you like unflavored black tea, you should probably try this.
I resteeped a few times without getting anything close to watery, proof that the tea is indeed quite potent. It did not seem to get bitter at all, which I also liked.
I will probably not buy it again as I usually prefer flavored tea, but I may try to flavor it myself (starting with the Palas Supreme tea) as the tea base would then be exceptional and much better than that usually used in the black tea blends, even from Mariage Frères.
I’m really glad I bought those two teas as they helped me get to know better what is a good quality black tea.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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I know it’s an afternoon tea, but today I’m drinking it with breakfast.

I really like this tea – it surprised me by being far better than I expected. It just refuses to brew too dark or strong, no matter what. The aroma is quite bright, slightly citrusy but still a strong black tea. Tannins and malt make an appearance too.

I’m drinking it from a mug today, but really, this is a fancy teacup kind of tea in my mind.

The flavour is light, smooth and slightly citrusy but without bitterness. I remarked in my initial blog review that it lacks complexity. While it still does, I think I can appreciate it more now that I’ve been drinking it for several months. The simplicity is the charm of it.

This is a good tea to have with a slice of lemon.

Blog review images: https://www.immortalwordsmith.co.uk/boh-garden-palas-afternoon-tea-review/

Also, there’s a Steepster note on this tea from years ago by LaFleurBleue who bought it directly from the plantation in the Cameron Highlands. When covid is over (eventually) I’d like to visit there too.

Flavors: Citrus, Malt, Smooth, Tannin

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 6 min, 0 sec 2 g 8 OZ / 250 ML

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