Favorite black tea poll.

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Country of origin of your favorite BLACK tea?

China
51
43%
India
54
45%
Indonesia
0
No votes
Kenya
3
3%
Nepal
0
No votes
Sri Lanka
10
8%
Taiwan
0
No votes
Other
1
1%
 
Total votes: 119
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by joelbct » Feb 2nd, '08, 15:22

Ah, so hard to decide!

I think the one-two punch of Golden Yunnan and the best of the Keemuns beats out Assam and Darjeeling by a few hairs' breadths...

Thank heaven we get to have all of the above!
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by Victoria » Feb 2nd, '08, 18:55

Darjeeling for me, some varities are close to oolong. Love assam sometimes too.
But then again Ceylon too I guess. Hummm love all black tea, second to oolongs of course.
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by hop_goblin » Feb 2nd, '08, 19:27

It just varies on how I feel like. But definitely Assam and Keemum
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by olivierco » Feb 11th, '08, 05:35

Darjeeling, Yunnan, Keemun: too difficult to choose one black tea.
If I look at what I bought last year (100 gr packages)
Darjeeling 8 packages
Yunnan 6 packages
Keemun 6 packages
I have currently opened the last packages of all 2007 bought black teas and will have to reorder soon...
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by Chip » Feb 11th, '08, 15:13

OY...I am shocked again by these poll results. Indian black tea is topping Chinese. This is almost mind blowing. Don't get me wrong, I love both actually. I just never thought I would see Indian beating Chinese in this poll when I started it.

I am wondering if the concerns over China are affecting the poll.

Regardless, I will lock this poll at some point and start a new one to reflect more current opinions. Just to see if trends are changing. I also see a daily TeaDay Poll or two coming out of this.
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by daughteroftheKing » Feb 11th, '08, 21:18

Darjeeling 2nd flush is my favorite black. But if Scruff is right and it's truly more oolong-ish, that could explain why I like it so much.
Still, it's what I go to most often if looking for caffeine. That or Irish Breakfast.
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by Tsukiko » Feb 11th, '08, 21:28

Definitely Chinese Black Tea. Lapsang Souchong is my favorite specifically.
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by TexasTea » Feb 12th, '08, 08:20

I voted for India teas. I'm still learning and experimenting, but currently my favorite black tea is Nilgiri Tiger Hill, though at the moment I'm drinking a blend from my local tea seller called Monk’s Blend - "A delicious blend of darjeeling, keemun, assam & nilgiri teas. Designed with meditation in mind."
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by Pentox » Feb 12th, '08, 15:48

Darjeeling first flush for me. I want to try castleton first flush when I can, but the price is damn intimidating.
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by Twyla » Feb 12th, '08, 17:32

China all the way.

Give me a good cup of Dian Hong over pretty much anything else in the world, and I'll be a happy, happy girl.
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by erikt » Feb 29th, '08, 03:00

Assam when i don't oversteep form being half awake in the morning :-D yummy!
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by hop_goblin » Feb 29th, '08, 09:11

Definitely a china hongcha which the west would classify as black
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by GeoffK » Feb 29th, '08, 13:25

I have to say the Yunnan Jing for Adagio is currently one of the front runners for top of my current black tea list.
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by Beanbean » Mar 28th, '08, 21:14

I had to choose Indian, though I love Sri Lankan teas as well. I typically have Assam in the morning and Darjeeling in the afternoon but sometimes I will have Ceylon in the morning instead of the Assam. Depends on my mood.
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by Geekgirl » Nov 17th, '08, 14:38

Ceylon, followed by a couple of the "famous" chinese blacks.
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