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drank Black Tea by Shan Valley
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Thank you to carol who for this sample tea. I am sorry it took me so long to get around to trying it.

I decided to steep this at 175 F for 3 minutes. I was a bit nervous as the tea is a fine CTC and sometimes they can be very robust but the lower steeping temp. probably helps. This tea has a lot of interesting flavors in the cup. There is a bit of smoke, spicy flavor and some apricot fruitiness as well. I can drink this plain, which is good! I get a hint of tobacco flavor too but it doesn’t seem bitter. Overall, a very interesting tea which makes me want to try more things from Shan Valley. Thanks again — Carol!
Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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Cameron B.
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I just recently tried this one too! It wasn’t as aggressive as I expected and I was surprised by the lovely apricot notes. :D

boychik
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i have a sample of it but didnt try yet. Too much tea

TeaBrat
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Yeah I have a lot of tea myself :)

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Cameron B.
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I just recently tried this one too! It wasn’t as aggressive as I expected and I was surprised by the lovely apricot notes. :D

boychik
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i have a sample of it but didnt try yet. Too much tea

TeaBrat
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Yeah I have a lot of tea myself :)

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