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. Whenever you explore the taste and sensation of a new kind of tea and a decision about the tea must be made, a series of questions begin to flow through your mind. The simple version of the question is: “Is this a bad (or good) tea?”. But what happens is often a series of [...]
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. Comment: well balanced and rounded overall, but not the greatest diversity in aromas and flavors. . Origin: Phoobsering Estate, Darjeeling Harvest: 11 April 2012 Score: 92 Price (as of post): 6 g sample = $3.50 . Sample provided by Rare Tea Republic. Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea [...]
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. Comment: nice, but its range is a little narrow . Origin: Castleton Estate, Darjeeling Harvest: 2012 First Flush Score: 90 Price (as of post): 4 oz = $21.50 . Sample provided by Mark T. Wendell Tea Company. Compare teas with others on the Scoresheet. Walker Tea Review- a tea blog with tea reviews and tea [...]
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Part of a series on evaluating online tea stores. A look at Darjeeling Tea Xpress in the areas of quality, selection, and tea community. Quality: Of the teas I have reviewed from Darjeeling Tea Xpress, nearly all scored in the nineties. DTX works to get strong offerings. For example, they are currently noting the value of [...]
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Shopping for Darjeeling teas can feel like choosing a bottle of wine. This is on purpose. Darjeeling tea producers have gone to great pains to emphasize harvest time and estate. Differences between flushes can be fairly easily recognized. Color, intensity of aroma, and texture vary noticeably. What remains is a question of distinctiveness among estates. [...]
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