Fujian Baroque

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Chinese Black Tea
Flavors
Chocolate, Smoke, Toast, Toasted Rice, Roasted, Smooth, Sweet, Tannin, Autumn Leaf Pile, Cocoa, Earth, Fruity, Hay, Malt, Mineral, Seaweed, Bread, Burnt, Cherry, Smoked, Wheat
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Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
High
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by JulieWyant
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 45 sec 3 g 9 oz / 264 ml

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  • “Amazing what a decent night’s sleep will do to your taste buds. I can actually TASTE. Interesting to read previous notes on this one; all are a little different. First thing that comes to my mind...” Read full tasting note
  • “The other tea that my brother got me for my birfday. I noticed the comparisons to Golden Monkey in other notes, so that is pretty much what I was expecting. The leaves are not particularly similar....” Read full tasting note
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  • “Normally I don’t drink Chinese blacks with milk apart from the occaisional keemun. Yunnans, which this tea resembles a bit, in particular don’t work well with additives I’ve found. None the less...” Read full tasting note
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From Adagio Teas

Fujian Baroque is a black tea grown at 800 meters above sea level in the Fujian province of China. Its general attributes are similar to the Golden Monkey, but the leaf is finer and the aroma even more pronounced. The exquisite tapestry of naturally sweet cocoa notes, fruitiness, and glimmers of spice are unmatched by any other tea. Softly sweet and velvety, with leafy autumn notes and soft, mineral aftertaste. Fujian Baroque can be brewed light or strong; the taste will remain smooth with very delicate astringency.

Ingredients: Chinese black tea

Steeping Instructions: Steep at 212° for 3-5 minutes.

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Adagio Teas has become one of the most popular destinations for tea online. Its products are available online at www.adagio.com and in many gourmet and health food stores.

85 Tasting Notes

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8 tasting notes

Really complex, definitely fruity, has a red wine kind of essence, as if it were aged in an oak barrel, like a cabernet. An interesting finish—it hits the palate with a lot of smoke, but then this dissolves into a soft cocoa.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
dcarlo

Second steep (6 min.) was really nice, a bit smoother, more velvety.

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9 tasting notes

This charmingly smooth tea has a colorful and complex—indeed, baroque—flavor which combines warm woody and deep cocoa notes with a calm frutiness somehow reminiscent of bananas. I recommend it, especially for the price.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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77
11 tasting notes

This tea doesn’t mess around. Strong and bold. I steeped for 5 minutes, will do a bit less next time. Although the longer steep didn’t create any bitter afternotes. Bright and tannic at the end. Nice offset to a sweet breakfast.

Flavors: Chocolate, Smoke, Toast, Toasted Rice

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135 tasting notes

Quite a mild black tea, but a nice one. There is something of a chocolate flavour. Nothing objectionable at all, but I think it would be better if it were a tad stronger.

Flavors: Chocolate, Roasted, Smooth, Sweet, Tannin

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 15 sec 3 g 2 OZ / 55 ML

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95
3 tasting notes

Definitely has Chinese characteristics, with chocolate and molasses-like smelling notes coming from the dry leaves.

When steeped it has a nice roasted nut like flavor that I enjoy a lot, one of my favorites. Decently priced too.

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377 tasting notes

Discovering Adagio teas, episode #11 (out of 12).

Wonderful aroma after opening the zip bag: hay, fallen leaves, cocoa, some spices, a hint of smoke.
After steeping it smells a lot like miso soup with a lot of seaweed, but it is very mellow. There’s also a bit of slightly roasted cocoa, solid maltiness and delicate fruit notes.
The taste sensation is very mellow and velvety, with a strong foundation of maltiness and earthiness plus a bit of cocoa, only a slight sweetness and low astringency. The aftertaste is very peculiar, with strong mineral character.
Very good, special tea.

Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Cocoa, Earth, Fruity, Hay, Malt, Mineral, Seaweed, Smoke

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 3 g 10 OZ / 300 ML
Mastress Alita

I really like this one, though I like their Keemun Concerto even more.

dreamloomer

I’m definitely planning to buy some more Adagio teas. But this has to wait for more than a month, because I’m moving soon and I need to reduce the amount of my possessings, not increase it. :)

Mastress Alita

I moved last August and had two HUGE boxes of tea to move… it wasn’t fun!

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76
1216 tasting notes

I finished off my Keemun Concerto, and while most of Adagio’s Teas have been very hit-or-miss for me, that one was definitely a hit for me… it will be very missed. This is another of their Chinese blacks that I have a small sampler of back from Meowster’s cupboard destash a few summer’s ago, and I have just enough for a small pot, so I decided to brew it up for breakfast this morning.

The tea has a strong warm, baked bread aroma, and a subtle hint of warm cherries. The tea has a strong malty, bready flavor, with a more subtle note of smoke, and some minerality that comes out toward the end of the sip. I get a very subtle cherry note left on my tongue after the sip, as well, but more of a malt and burnt toast note during the sip.

It is a nice breakfast tea, but I still like the Keemun Concerto better. Thanks for the sample!

Flavors: Bread, Burnt, Cherry, Fruity, Malt, Mineral, Smoke, Smoked, Smooth, Toast

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 4 g 17 OZ / 500 ML
tea-sipper

Yeah, some of the Adagio black teas are phenomenal. :D

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71 tasting notes

I didn’t expect this tea to taste like chocolate. I didn’t expect something that tastes exactly like chocolate to have no sugar. Nevertheless, I like it. Sometimes life gives you lemons, sometimes it gives you tea that tastes like a mole. Just roll with it.

Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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1271 tasting notes

This is pretty solid black tea from Adagio teas!

It is chocolately and fruity, with a nice amount of mineral. It is smooth, never getting dry or bitter no matter how long you steep it. I found it did better western style to get those chocolate notes out. Gongfu gave some great infusions, but got mineral heavy at the end. It is up to you.

Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/fujian-rain-fujian-baroque-adagio-teas/ (also with Fujian Rain)

Preparation
Boiling 3 g 8 OZ / 250 ML

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26 tasting notes

I use this as a cold-brew because it’s smooth and refreshing and just a bit chocolate-y but not overwhelmingly so.

Preparation
Iced

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