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I'm definitely going to be placing an order with TeaSource soon for some black teas. Beyond the Glendale Estate, Handmade Nilgiri, are there any other black tea must-haves from there?
CK, the "regular" Nilgiri Glendale is good. The Nilgiri Tamil Nadu blend is good for iced tea. It's really small CTC and I didn't like it hot, but great for iced. Didn't care much for the Organic Nilgiri.
The Dooars Oodlabari is good too. I haven't ordered any others from them, but I'm sure that there are lots of other people who have.
Hope this is helpful.
The Dooars Oodlabari is good too. I haven't ordered any others from them, but I'm sure that there are lots of other people who have.
Hope this is helpful.
I've had about a dozen of their unblended blacks, but it should be noted I prefer light to medium-bodied teas and don't care for the ones that hit you over the head with a YOU-ARE-DRINKING-TEA-by-four.
I loved their Malaysian Highlands. Very smooth and flavorful. I thought their Grand Keemun was great if one wants to be clubbed over the head with one's tea, and my note on their Keemun Yi Ji was "great if in the mood for something weird".
For blended blacks, I'm fond of their Irish Breakfast because it does taste exactly like what my host family drank when I did a study abroad in Ireland. I also thought the Nilgiri Tamil Nadu Blend was a nice one for a straight classic black flavor as opposed to the malty taste expected in an Irish Breakfast.
I loved their Malaysian Highlands. Very smooth and flavorful. I thought their Grand Keemun was great if one wants to be clubbed over the head with one's tea, and my note on their Keemun Yi Ji was "great if in the mood for something weird".
For blended blacks, I'm fond of their Irish Breakfast because it does taste exactly like what my host family drank when I did a study abroad in Ireland. I also thought the Nilgiri Tamil Nadu Blend was a nice one for a straight classic black flavor as opposed to the malty taste expected in an Irish Breakfast.
I added an extra comma in the name on accident. The only one I knew of was the Glendale Estate Handmade Nilgiri. It is listed on the TeaSource website as "Nilgiri, Glendale Estate, Handmade" so an extra comma got added to my wording when I typed it in given the amount of commas in the original title. So not your fault.Victoria wrote:I just reordered the Glenburn Wiry Vintage - fantastic. Perhaps this is the one you mean CK. I think I have been incorrectly referring to this as Glenburn Estate.
I hope I didn't confuse anyone.
Also here's a pitch for the White Assam - it is fantastic, if you enjoy whites.
Ok, now i'm really confused but in addition to the Handmade I also recommend
the Glenburn Wiry Vintage.
the Glenburn Wiry Vintage.
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That is fantastic! I definitely would prefer ones that do not beat me with a "tea-by-four." I like flavorful, but not overpowering. The Malaysian Highlands sounds good for a very inexpensive price.TeaCompulsion wrote:...don't care for the ones that hit you over the head with a YOU-ARE-DRINKING-TEA-by-four.
Geeber1: Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check out the other Nilgiri and the Dooars. The descriptions of the Dooars sounded similar to a Kenyan black tea that I enjoyed that was similar to a Ceylon with a bit of Assam.
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I dig their white bud earl grey.. Great stuff
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No. It's just delish!!
I'd send you some but I sent my last to Vulture, hope he likes it!!
I just reordered, but I'm telling you it's great!!! It will be very different than the blacks he is used to.
Or, you can wait for a second opinion, I think I sent some to Geeber too.
This is the one I was saying that made me change my mind about preferring broader, looser leaf Darjeeling. This is black and tightly rolled - perhaps why they call it Wiry.
I'd send you some but I sent my last to Vulture, hope he likes it!!
I just reordered, but I'm telling you it's great!!! It will be very different than the blacks he is used to.
Or, you can wait for a second opinion, I think I sent some to Geeber too.
This is the one I was saying that made me change my mind about preferring broader, looser leaf Darjeeling. This is black and tightly rolled - perhaps why they call it Wiry.
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I think I will wait on the Darjeeling for now. I was having too much fun reading all the descriptions of the different ones on the site and kept wanting to put more than a few of them in my cart. I think I will just go with a couple less expensive blacks for this order and then do an order of just Darjeelings later on once I've done a bit more reading up on them. I keep getting this slight inkling of suspicion that once I try one good Darjeeling, I am going to want to get more. Thanks for the help! The Glenburn Wiry is definitely on my list of teas to try.
Hop: Good suggestion. I've been craving Earl Grey lately. They didn't have a white bud Earl Grey, but they did have white tip, which I am guessing is what you meant.
Hop: Good suggestion. I've been craving Earl Grey lately. They didn't have a white bud Earl Grey, but they did have white tip, which I am guessing is what you meant.
Glenburn Wiry question
Yoicks, I looked at the price and almost fainted. Does it take as much as my so loved Irish Breakfast blend or can I get away with a tiny bit?
We go through a pound of Irish Breakfast a month and knowing how I am, if I really like this stuff we'd need to get a second mortgage on the house to buy enough for a month.
We go through a pound of Irish Breakfast a month and knowing how I am, if I really like this stuff we'd need to get a second mortgage on the house to buy enough for a month.
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I'll have to try that now that I'm brewing for 3min instead of 5. I love Adagio's IB too, although I only drink 4oz a month. (Then again, DH isn't big on that one.)geeber1 wrote:I can get two good steeps from Adagio's IB.
I don't mind paying a bit more for a special tea, but because I'm on disability I'm a bit limited in how often and how much I can order. Still, I have enough standard-level teas stocked up that I can treat myself to a few 2oz purchases from TeaSource this month. Yay! I wanna try the handmade Nilgiri and the Margaret's Hope!
Edit: Has anyone tried any from TeaSource's black "Exotic Teas" section? I'm very curious about Kenyan orthodox teas, and I'd like to try some from other countries as well. Most of these are very affordable and I was thinking about ordering a few.
Also: treazure, cool icon! But where are my cookies?