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“This is another of the teas in the India taster kit. While I enjoy trying things from less well-known growing regions, the reviews of past offerings from the Temi tea garden didn’t look promising....” Read full tasting note
The Temi tea garden, the only one in the Sikkim region, was planted 30 years ago as part of a government project with plants from Darjeeling. The two regions neighboring each other (separated only by the Teesta river), their productions are very similar.
This specific batch, produced from the very spicy T78 cultivar, presents an invigorating fresh brightness with notes of green vegetables, bark and dried flowers, making it a great gourmet tea.
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Rutland Tea CoThis is another of the teas in the India taster kit. While I enjoy trying things from less well-known growing regions, the reviews of past offerings from the Temi tea garden didn’t look promising. For this reason, I probably wouldn’t have purchased this on its own.
I made two attempts to brew this tea correctly. Both times, I steeped two teaspoons of the unbroken khakhi leaves in 355 ml of 200F water. In the first session, I steeped it for 3 and 6 minutes, respectively, but because the flavours weren’t coming through, I upped the time to 4 and 6 minutes in the second round. My notes are for session number two.
First off, the aroma is wonderful, with notes of sweet muscatel and papaya. In the mouth, wood, tannins, grass, dried flowers, and lemon balance the profile. The longer steep time did produce a bit more astringency. The second steep is a muted version of the first, though I could detect faint hints of the spice promised in the product description.
This is an enjoyable Darjeeling-like tea that I won’t have any trouble finishing. It’s not mindblowing, but it’s better than I was led to believe by some of the reviews of previous lots.
Flavors: Flowers, Grass, Lemon, Muscatel, Spices, Tannin, Tropical, Wood
