Dilmah

Oh my, I kinda like Dilmah flavoured teas, but not when they contain caramel flavouring, because it is always so artificial. The same applies to toffee. Banana seems fairly natural.
And the taste? Quite bland and uninteresting/ Mainly banana with a touch of artificial caramel and toffee.
Nope.

I’ve had a lot of flavoured Dimmah teas before and this one seems pretty straightforward when compared to them. Classic solid base black tea and a reasonable amount of cinnamon. Nothing else but it’s enough. A basic brew with only a touch of spice really works.

Very warming and pleasant aroma, with nice interplay of ingredients: apple spiced with cinnamon and rounded up with vanilla.
In taste, as usual with Dilmah teas, there is a solid backbone of the decent black tea and the flavour part is certainly not overdone – in fact it is balanced.

Just like most of the Dilmah bagged teas, this one is also pretty decent, with solid black tea base and naturally-tasting pineapple flavour. Nothing extraordinary, of course, but decent as a casual tea.

I saw a can of this RTD tea yesterday and I bought it right away. I saw well-known brand, so I thought it won’t be bad.

I haven’t checked the ingredients in the shop; but maybe I should next time.

First of all, it contains sugar. That’s not surprising, but me, who likes tea without any sweetener, it is a little dismal. Truth is that the amount is lower than expected; and maybe better sugar than artificial sweeteners or stevia.

Secondly, they claim it is Ceylon green tea. That’s not suprising either, as Dilmah is a brand from Sri Lanka. But Ceylon green teas were usually a miss for me.

But, well, I was drinking it and something was wrong. It is refreshing, jasmine is there, but a little bit hidden… not sure if is because of sugar, and it taste indeed like a green tea. But that aftertaste is weird, but what is it. I found out when I was finishing the can. It is like you used boiling water for a green tea. That creeping bitterness, which is very unwelcomed in green tea. Such a shame; it ruins the experience!

I like it that it’s not sweet nor sour, like many apple-flabvoured teas. It’s classic Dilmah approach – decent base black tea with apple serving as a balanced factor, not a dominant. Yes, it is artificial in part, but decently artificial, making this brew pleasant.

Distinct peach aroma supported by the stable malty base.
Warming flavour with peach being only a part of the experience, not dominating, nicely blending with the base black Ceylon tea.
Fruity Dilmah teas are quite stable and reliable. They’re not extraordinary in any way, but also don’t fall below a certain level.

Tangerine note is subtle in aroma, stronger in taste. And it’s the peel, of course, not the fruit flavour. Plus decent base black tea underneath. Not bad but also not great, just a regular corporate tea with decent fruitiness.

Lots of lychee that feels rather natural despite being just a flavouring (probably due to perfume -y specific of the fruit). Malty and slightly astringent base black tea, a touch of sweetness impression. Not bad.

Very strong artificial vanilla aroma, reminding me of vanilla pudding. Only traces of black Ceylon tea underneath.
Taste is better, because you can actually sense the tea and vanilla flavour is less intrusive here. However, there’s not much taste at all and all it leaves is a faint malty aftertaste.
Drinkable, yes, but mediocre and artificiel.

Tea from the hotel connected to the Hong Kong airport.

Not a bad work tea. Coppery and earthy, some malt with kind of berry undertone. Doesn’t get much bitter. Fairly smooth and full-bodied but without a low-down malty taste; rather bright. Could have used a little saffron to give more dimension.

Dominated by sweetish, artificial vanilla, then slight blueberry note and a bit of malty base tea in the back. Drinkable but rather meh. 50/100

I like the base black tea character in here. Only marginally astringent, slightly bitter, really characterful for a bagged tea, with subdued but discernible lemon note. 70/100

This tea is completely dominated by spicy ginger character. And I wouldn’t mind it, except that it is backed by only a bit of the malty, base black tea note and there is almost no honey present. Very one-dimensional tea.

Pickings from Dad’s teabox. I’m visiting everyone and judging their teas this christmas, it seems. I like floral teas, and this was definitely that, but it was otherwise rather mediocre. There is nothing special about it, and comes across as rather bland as a result.

Disappointing. I generally enjoy Dilmah, but found this to lack flavor and be a bit musty. That said, it wasn’t off-putting, and I finished the cup, which is more than I can say for some other less flavorful teas. So, meh is about my best descriptor.

Strong jasmine aroma with solid straw notes of green tea.
Slight astringency, slight bitterness, straw, hay.
Not bad, not especially good. Just drinkable.

Strong fruity aroma, quite natural in fact, a bit of sourness, a bit of honey and hard candies.
And it’s relatively pleasant in taste as far as the big company bagged teas go. It has some underlying maltiness, nice fruity notes, slight sweetness and sourness.

Delicate aromatic high-growth. Lingering and mellow flavor with notes of eucalyptus
and mint.

Equal amount of strawberries and mango in aroma.
Very fruity, slightly sweet taste.
Nothing special, but not bad for a bagged tea.

I am still alive, just went for two days visit my friend in different region, we hiked about 20 km in the mountains (in one day). Pretty nice days.

I got this tea bag in “big bags section”, so it is probably quite old.

“Watte means Estate, Medameans Mid” — that’s what they claim on back side of tea bags.
Mid Grown (2000-3000 feet altitude)
Another statements: “Strong, pungent & full-bodied. In the style of a Shiraz!”

I don’t recall drinking Shiraz wine, but whatever. Tea brewws dark mahogany colour, celar and strong tannic aroma. Tea itself isn’t much different. It’s quite tannic, but as well nicely malty, strong taste and overall very “tea like”. Not very complex in taste, but caffeine booster for sure (I need it though). And overall nice and enjoyable. Fresh would be better.