The Orange Pekoe is one of my favorite, go-to loose leaf black teas. I’ve tried many other black teas but for some reason this one I always come back to. There really isn’t anything that exciting about it. Its a very straightforward, unexciting tea (maybe that’s secretly why I like it – out of all the hustle and bustle in my life, I crave something simple and straightforward?)
Dry, the leaves do not have a flavourful aroma. It has a fairly ‘leafy’ standard ‘tea’ smell. The pieces are made up of long, thin, wavy pieces of dried black tea leaves. Once brewed the leaves fully expand into large leaves.
My personal preference is to have this tea with milk and some honey. Even if I drink it just black, there are hints of sweetness you can taste. I drink Orange Pekoe regularly in the mornings as a substitute for coffee.
