Capital Tea Ltd.

making cookies, drinking tea. lazy sundays are the best. This one is a little astringent today but still a good cup.

Dexter sent this to me in another life and i’ve finally picked some up for my cupboard since i had ZERO keemuns! This harvest isn’t smokey, but it is a tea that i’ll be adding a drop of maple syrup to when i take it in the travel mug i think. It’s got a bit of a cocoa feeling to it but not overly so….there’s a depth here that i am enjoying.

Finished this one off today because i needed something good to get me through the end of this week. Work is insane, people are starting to let their stress show through (myself included), and i had a follow up appointment as the dr are trying to figure out this lump on my face…they originally thought it was a cyst…now it’s not…they think it’s infected, we’ve done an ultrasound…yadda yadda so now i’d wait for it to settle some more and then they’re going to cut it out and send it to pathology… always love not knowing things. Not really worried about it..but it’s another thing to have on the go with some uncertainty. on the upside..it’s friday, it’s a long weekend, we’re working on the house this weekend AND we have friends coming over to game!

And the hubby wants me to relax tonight so i’m off the hook for dishes, groceries, cooking AND house prep…just have to eat, drink wine and watch whatever bad tv i want…or read. :) yay!

Final Count: 86

happy to have this one back in my cupboard for a little bit. My teavivre keemun is still not here, which in a way is GOOD for my weight goal for feb…since ALL the teas showed up at once. I really do miss not having some keemuns in my cupboard. this was a reminder of how much i do enjoy them when i have them.

SIpdown on this one from the lovely dexter! I find this one to be really tasty. I do need to compare it sometime with a few others so i can narrow down my favourite keemun but this one is up there! light smoke, slightly malty. yep! delicious!

mmmm thank you dexter! I picked this as one of my teas this morning and i kept reaching for it even after i’d finished it. In usual keemun fashion i added a bit of maple syrup to this but it didn’t need it. I just like the way keemuns + maple work for me. This could easily be one of my staple tea as it’s not too demanding, but it’s also not unassuming. Appreciate the share dexter! tasty!

This came in a surprise package from Dexter3657 – thank you!

I am liking how good this tea is – sweet and malty. I have not yet found those cocoa notes, which I really enjoy in black tea’s. I’ll give this a go with Dexter’s lower temp, longer steep recommendation. Despite the fact that I can’t taste the cocoa, I appreciate the malty profile in this tea.

Drank the last of this at work today. I still really like it. It’s almost perfect for a work tea for me. Can’t really hurt it, it’s inexpensive, and I don’t feel like I’m wasting “special” tea because I’m not paying attention to all the nuances.
I will definitely buy more of this on my next Capital Tea Ltd. order.

This is ny tea of choice at work today. This is just a nice Yunnan Black. I think I’ve decided that I’m not sophisticated enough, don’t have a refined palate to really get all the subtle nuances of some of the “fancy” teas.
This was inexpensive, plain Jane, Yunnan tea – and I like it. Thinking that I don’t need the “special grade”, limited edition, high end – just give me a nice bold cup of black tea.
I bought quite a few Yunnan teas from Capital, and so far this is my favorite.

Another tea from the lovely dexter that i was drinking this morning. I don’t get quite the same intense flavour profile as YYZ and she do, but this is a good cup of tea. It’s malty and sweet, and there are cocoa notes in this one that make me smile. Saving the last little bit of this to share with the BBB Box ladies since it might be one that really appeals to them. If i ever place a capital tea order, this one will likely be on the list of teas to pick up :) Thanks dexter!

working from home today! yay for being able to drink up a few cups of tea to get back to 150 asap! Also, not feeling 100% today so it’s nice to be taking it easy, at least in terms of getting dressed…. i always work harder at home

this one isn’t my favourite but it’s not bad. There’s a taste to it that i don’t love..not quite astringency but something else. can’t quite pinpoint it. Thanks for sending this my way though dexter! i haven’t had a chance to try many capital teas yet.

This was the free sample (20g sample) that came with my order. I would never buy a darjeeling, haven’t really enjoyed the ones I’ve had.
The fact that I’m almost out of this, and not hating it, must indicate that it is more towards my tastes, but still not there. Surprisingly smooth though.

“Full bodied” “rich” “brisk” are some of the words used to describe this tea. I’m agreeing with those, and am going to add bold, and astringent.
This isn’t my favorite of the Capital Teas that I have, and I prefer JusTea Kenyan Black – but this is better than most of the Kenyan teas I’ve tried.
I’m just leaving this as “pretty good, but not my favorite”.

I’ve been really happy with the teas I ordered from Capital Tea Ltd.
This one is not quite to my tastes, I’ve decided that Assam isn’t my favorite style of black tea.
Having said that, I think this is a nice quality Assam, with a nice balance of flavor and astringency.

Hi all. I have been horrible about writing tasting notes leately. I’m going to try and get better at that. I am around, I read the discussions board pretty regularly, I’m drinking tea, just not logging it.
I have a love/hate relationship happening with my tea cupboard. Some days I’m perfectly happy with all the wonderful amazing choices I have, some days I’m so overwhelmed with how much I have that I can’t choose anything and just drink pop. I’ve haven’t been concentrating on drinking old tea, drinking sip downs. I’ve just been drinking whatever I want. This has to change. I have old favorites that I’m hoarding – why am I hoarding them, they are just going stale. I have 40 teas that are less than 15g (perfect for sipdowns). I have a MOUNTAIN of chai that I’m not drinking – and chai season is here so I should be doing that. I have LOTS of dark oolong that I haven’t been drinking – need to work on that too. So new rules just got put in place. See if I can get my cupboard more balance, reduced, more current. I need to drink one sipdown, one chai, and one old tea per day. I need to take an oolong to work one day a week. That’s my project for the next month. Will see what happens.
This is my chai choice for today. This is probably my favorite of all the ones that I have. The spices are well balanced and not overwhelming. This is really nice on a cold afternoon. I need to drink this more often… :))

Tea 8 in the great chai quest. I really like this one, it’s a bit mild, but nice balance of spices. It just seems more warming and soothing than most of the others I’ve tried.

This is a really nice black tea. I’ve been drinking my Capital Tea blacks and have been lazy about writing tasting notes. I had this a few times at work this week, and it works really well at work. It’s well balanced and bold without being too strong that it oversteeps.
I’m not sure this is on my favorite black list, but it is a nice everyday kind of tea.

When I first opened this packet the scent of the dry leaves was very intense, with sharp, bright, notes that seemed almost harsh and pungent at first, but mellowed to notes of grape, lemon, spicy, earthy, biscuit notes with a hint of woody sandalwood.

The leaves are fairly large, and are mostly various shades of brown, with some sage to olive green silvery tips.

Because of the intensity of the dry leaf scent I used slightly less leaf than I normally do and instead used 1 tsp/225ml which I brewed at 3 minutes at 90*c.

The tea brewed to a copper amber colour. The scent of the brewed tea was awesome with hints of fruity white wine, lychee, pink grapefruit, spice( fall leaves mixed with carnation), with a hint of biscuit underneath.

The first flavour note was bright and fruity, followed by biscuit with a fall leaf note accompanied by a light astringency that opens to fruit notes of wine, grapefruit , a hint of melon, and a light syrupy note. I found this to be a relatively smooth and bright darjeeling.

The tea finishes with a bright clean feeling in the mouth that fades to a spicy note that lingers in the mouth. The fruit and spice dominate over the earthy tones.

The 2nd steep at 4 minutes produced a smooth, and a bit heavier and deeper flavoured liquor with spicy, leaf note, over more distinct, wine note with slight woody sandalwood. nutty note, followed by citrus notes and syrup.

A 3rd steep at 5min was slightly floral, with lychee, citrus, and syrup notes over faint sandalwood.

The spent leaves were entire and were mostly brown with some green ones.

Altogether this tea was very enjoyable and I could easily see myself keeping a little bit of it in my collection. Thanks again to Capital Tea Ltd. for this generous sample.

I just read the tasting note that I wrote about this tea a year ago – wow have my tastes changed. I rated it 95 and said LOVED IT – one of my fav black teas. Hmmmm I’ve tried a lot of black teas since then and this is no longer a 95 and no where near the top of my list of favorites.
Don’t get me wrong, this is a quality black tea. This is the 2nd 100g package that I’ve drank – so obviously I don’t dislike it, it’s just not special. Great tea for work – you can do anything to it and it doesn’t get bitter or astringent. Decently priced, afford to drink it everyday – that’s what this – fantastic everyday black tea. Yep – that’s how I feel, great affordable everyday tea, nothing really special though.

I’ve been drinking some of my teas from Capital Tea Ltd. and have been pretty impressed with them (I really should write some tasting notes).

I have this one with me a work tonight. OMG!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! I can’t explain what I like about it. It just seems to have the correct balance between a dark malty black, and a lighter astringent black. It’s different from most of the ones I’ve been drinking. This is way up there on my list of favorite black – like keep in your cupboard always.

Thank you yyz for recommending Capital Tea and this one specifically. :))

EDIT TO ADD – WOW – I highly recommend trying this at lower water temp longer steep. I just had a cup at about 90C for 7 minutes. WOW!!! Massive chocolate notes – zero astringency.