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I love the flowery, over-the-top names given to some Darjeelings (like Moonlight, Enigma, and Summer Punch), especially when the teas deserve them. I’ve enjoyed Lochan’s offerings from Jungpana in the past, so I have high expectations going into this tea. I steeped 4 g of leaf in a 355 ml mug at 195F for 5 and 8 minutes.

The dry aroma is of muscatel, pastry, chocolate, flowers, and grass. The first steep has notes of heavy muscatel, dates, raisins, pastries, butter, chocolate, rose, spring flowers, spices, wood, straw, earth, tannins, and grass. The chocolate aftertaste is pronounced. The second steep is less exciting, with autumn leaf pile, malt, muscatel, tannins, wood, straw, and earth.

This is a lovely second flush Darjeeling that is indeed a summer delight. I was advised to get 100 grams, and I’m glad I listened.

Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Butter, Chocolate, Dates, Earth, Floral, Grass, Malt, Muscatel, Pastries, Raisins, Rose, Spices, Straw, Tannin, Wood

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec 4 g 12 OZ / 355 ML
derk

Did you break Steepster again? :P

Leafhopper

LOL, I hope not! The reviews do seem to stop after I post, though.

Cameron B.

So, it was YOU! :P

Leafhopper

Yep, it looks like it was! I can’t access any of the tea pages.

derk

You’re not alone. I’m trying to remove items from my cupboard and add new ones that I just received from a Canadian teafriend!!

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derk

Did you break Steepster again? :P

Leafhopper

LOL, I hope not! The reviews do seem to stop after I post, though.

Cameron B.

So, it was YOU! :P

Leafhopper

Yep, it looks like it was! I can’t access any of the tea pages.

derk

You’re not alone. I’m trying to remove items from my cupboard and add new ones that I just received from a Canadian teafriend!!

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Since I discovered Teavana’s Monkey Picked Oolong four years ago, I’ve been fascinated by loose-leaf tea. I’m glad to say that my oolong tastes have evolved, and that I now like nearly every tea that comes from Taiwan, oolong or not, particularly the bug-bitten varieties. I also find myself drinking Yunnan blacks and Darjeelings from time to time, as well as a few other curiosities.

However, while online reviews might make me feel like an expert, I know that I still have some work to do to actually pick up those flavours myself. I hope that by making me describe what I’m tasting, Steepster can improve my appreciation of teas I already enjoy and make me more open to new possibilities (maybe even puerh!).

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