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I keep coming back to this tea and each time before I start I forget that the scent of the dry leaf always gets me interested! Before it’s heated the muscatel scent is quite strong, once heated quite a malty/nutty aroma joins the muscatel which invites me in for the tea ahead (it helps that it’s a beautiful looking tea as well).

The soup is clean, crisp and with a purity that I seem to find in the offerings of Postcard Teas. The initial taste to me has a mineral/muscatel focus with a hint of maltyness, which later gives way to more floral notes. I used to mostly stick to first flush Darjeeling but teas like this make me realise I should give a bit more time to second flushes as well.

A great way to start a rainy and cold morning. The tea is brewing quite thick with a good mouth-feel and returning apricot/peach/woody flavour for a few minutes after sipping. Even though the tea has obviously aged a fair bit I am getting a good amount of bitterness.

I remember when I first tried the tea a few years ago I thought there wasn’t that much going on with it, though I did find it to be a clean crisp tea, so put it on the pile to drink through quickly. More recently it seems to have turned a corner (or my brewing has) and although not overly complex there does seem to be plenty going on with it to keep me interested.