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“Picked up a sample of this last year and since I know Camellia Sinensis takes their teas very seriously, I figured this would be a really lovely tea. Plus I generally love teas from India....” Read full tasting note
“2021 sipdown no. 55 I need to order this more of this one. I don’t get any astringency and today there’s a hint of a cinnamon digestive-type cookie one might have alongside tea. The second steep...” Read full tasting note
“I’ve been helping a coworker for the last few months who is in the process of getting her Tea Sommelier certification, as I’ve written about before. The last course she did involved studying...” Read full tasting note
“This is a simple but tasty black tea with a weakish aroma. I picked it up at the Toronto Tea Festival earlier this year. It has a good balanced astringency and bitterness. As for the taste, I get...” Read full tasting note
Celebrating their 20th year Camellia Sinensis have created the Tea Studio with an international group of partners, an experimental tea factory in Nilgiri India focussed on the artisanal creation of new teas.
Here is one of the finest offerings from the project, the Nilgiri Coonoor, available in limited quantities in our Anniversary Box.
This tea with beautiful large leaves offers a classic taste, malty and sweet. The liquor is vibrant and structured, typical of India’s generous black teas. Sweet potato and pepper nuances open into a clean, finely floral finish.
The lots will be numbered following every new arrival.
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Picked up a sample of this last year and since I know Camellia Sinensis takes their teas very seriously, I figured this would be a really lovely tea. Plus I generally love teas from India. Extremely smooth, almost creamy taste with bready/grainy notes. Very thick, luxurious mouthfeel. Not astringent at all, not particularly bright (more mellow), not tannic at all. Enjoyed this very much. I may have to put it on the list of teas to get more of when I get some more sipdowns completed.
2021 sipdown no. 55
I need to order this more of this one. I don’t get any astringency and today there’s a hint of a cinnamon digestive-type cookie one might have alongside tea. The second steep still has lots of flavour.
1st steep 3.5 minutes
2nd steep 5 minutes
I’ve been helping a coworker for the last few months who is in the process of getting her Tea Sommelier certification, as I’ve written about before. The last course she did involved studying different tea producing countries, and one of the weeks was themed around India. She had to learn to blind taste the differences between Nilgiri, Assam, and Darjeeling teas. Ultimately she ended up getting different examples of all three regions (in addition to the course provided teas) from Camellia Sinensis to practice with at home in her spare time.
She shared this one with me though before taking them home, mostly because I’d sampled the other teas she grabbed from CS before but I’d not experienced their Nilgiri black offering before. I found it pretty nice – very full bodied and brisk with a pleasant astringency that kind of hit me at the back of my front teeth. The taste is sort of a brassy, tannic malt with hints of candied citrus peel, oak wood, and buckwheat honey/grains.
It’s a very “full” feeling and well rounded cup, for sure!
This is a simple but tasty black tea with a weakish aroma. I picked it up at the Toronto Tea Festival earlier this year. It has a good balanced astringency and bitterness. As for the taste, I get notes of toffee, roasted grains and a minty/cooling finish. The aftertaste is quite expansive and spicy.
After the session, I noticed the leaves still have a slight green hue to them. This is not a fully oxidized black tea, which is interesting to see.
Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Grain, Roasted, Roasted Barley, Spearmint, Spicy, Toffee
