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“I used a heaped half-teaspoon (the instructions are for a level teaspoon – same difference) and steeped for three minutes, boiling water. In the mug it’s clear but quite intensely-coloured, a...” Read full tasting note
Only a small amount of orthodox tea is available tea from mountainous Nepal (well known as ‘the top of the world’). Grown on the same steep slopes as Darjeelings, Maloom TGFOP gives a delicate infusion comparable to a good Darjeeling.
Brewing Advice: Use one level teaspoon per mug. Add fresh boiling water (100ºC), steep for three minutes
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I used a heaped half-teaspoon (the instructions are for a level teaspoon – same difference) and steeped for three minutes, boiling water.
In the mug it’s clear but quite intensely-coloured, a red-brown showing yellow round the circumference.
There is a faint aroma of green vegetation.
In the mouth I’m getting good basic tea up front, with a slightly unsweet – but not unpleasantly so – note of green vegetation and a definite butteriness.
I made a second infusion, though Nothing But Tea doesn’t give a recommendation for one. It was surprisingly intensely coloured, though less so than the first infusion, but definitely a much weaker version of the first. It’s not really suitable for a second infusion – at best a borderline case, perhaps.
Just for curiosity, I made a brew with a heaped teaspoon, as opposed to a heaped half-teaspoon – boiling water and three minutes.
This was a mistake and it’s better to stick to instructions – it doesn’t look noticeably stronger than the half-teaspoon brew, though there seems to be a good basic tea aroma, but it’s definitely over-strong and I’m getting an unpleasant harshness in the flavour. There’s possibly the addition of a touch of chocolate, though, but that does nothing to compensate for the harshness.
To sum up, this is not very complex and really nothing that special, but it has good strong flavour notes and is a pleasant and satisfying brew – that’s when I stick to the instructions, of course.
