Oct 13th, '08, 23:21
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by Riene » Oct 13th, '08, 23:21
Cinnamon Kitty wrote:Monk's Blend (Organic) from the New Mexico Tea Company is one of my favorite black teas. It is a blend of Assam, Darjeeling, Nilgiri, and Keemun that tastes fantastic. I've tried a few single estate black teas, but none of them tasted as good as the blend.
Thank you! I asked once before what Monk's Blend was and where one could order it, but never really got an answer. This sounds like I'd enjoy it...must try some. 
Although my neighbors are all barbarians,
And you, you are a thousand miles away,
There are always two cups on my table.
--Tang Dynasty
Oct 13th, '08, 23:29
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by Cinnamon Kitty » Oct 13th, '08, 23:29
Riene wrote:Cinnamon Kitty wrote:Monk's Blend (Organic) from the New Mexico Tea Company is one of my favorite black teas. It is a blend of Assam, Darjeeling, Nilgiri, and Keemun that tastes fantastic. I've tried a few single estate black teas, but none of them tasted as good as the blend.
Thank you! I asked once before what Monk's Blend was and where one could order it, but never really got an answer. This sounds like I'd enjoy it...must try some.
They also have a monk's grenadine blend that is the more common, flavored version of the monk's blend. That one is grenadine with vanilla flavored. The non-flavored is better in my opinion. Another one to try from the NM Tea Co is the Lesla Estate Kenyan black tea. It starts off like a strong, malty Assam, but has a sweeter, fruity finish.
Oct 14th, '08, 02:08
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by Trioxin » Oct 14th, '08, 02:08
I'm a single estate kinda guy, my favorite at the moment being the first flush Castleton Moonlight. I got lucky and picked it up before it sold out.
Oct 14th, '08, 10:39
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by Maitre_Tea » Oct 14th, '08, 10:39
caligatia wrote: I'm also interested in tasting Georgian teas because of the book I just read, which says that most teas from there are hand- or village-made and are named after the teamakers themselves. I think that sounds really cool.
I think that a few people have review some Georgian teas, and the one review that comes to mind right now is one that TeaNerd did a while back, I think it was called Georgian Old Man and Georgian Old Lady...or something like that
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Oct 14th, '08, 11:33
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by chad » Oct 14th, '08, 11:33
I've been using Margaret's Hope darjeeling as my "go to" tea at work for about 2 weeks now.
I'm still in search mode and so I'm trying different estate tea and blends pretty often. I need to find another assam - the one I've got is loose "fannings" grade and I'm not especially pleased with it...guess I need to look around and experiment with it a bit more.
Oct 14th, '08, 14:28
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by Trioxin » Oct 14th, '08, 14:28
Maitre_Tea wrote:
All you have to know is that FTGFOP stands for "Far Too Good For Ordinary People"!
I like that.
Oct 24th, '08, 07:30
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by Ashiro » Oct 24th, '08, 07:30
I shall be doing a
review soon on Williamson's Darjeeling tea which happens to be a blend of Nagri and Moondakotee. It's a lovely tea and I have to say most blends tend to have richer, more robust flavours. Whereas single teas are generally cleaner and crisper.
I suppose its entirely down to personal preference.
