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1.5 tsp for 300mL @95C, steeped 4 minutes 15 seconds.

This is Tea Campaign’s “budget” Darjeeling, and it’s a steal. Dry leaf smells of muscatel. Some twigs. Wet leaf is green and bronze and smells strongly of Darjeeling. Liquor tends to a darker bronze with some down. Bright and astringent, lots of first flush notes and a assertive muscatel finish. Light body. Smooth mouth-feel. A sweetness that reminds me of a true Dragonwell.

This is a blend, but it comes form the one garden: Pussimbing.

Just delicious.

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