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“This came as a sample in the ‘Discover Georgia’ collection I purchased as part of my first What-Cha order. Most teas from What-Cha have been at the very least enjoyable but this one I’ve never...” Read full tasting note
A Gentle Black Tea
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This came as a sample in the ‘Discover Georgia’ collection I purchased as part of my first What-Cha order. Most teas from What-Cha have been at the very least enjoyable but this one I’ve never really been able to find anything positive in. The leaf is mostly fannings and dust. It brews a dark reddish liquor and I’ve never been able to identify much taste in it at all. I write this as I’m drinking the last of the sample bag and for thoroughness and to see if I could get any taste out of it I gave it a nice long steep at 205f.
The best I can say for it is that it is mostly inoffensive. It doesn’t taste good, but it doesn’t really taste bad either. After the long steep with quite a bit of leaf it still lacks taste. A bit of a somewhat metallic bitterness and some muddy malty flavor. I see Alistair no longer stocks this tea, so maybe he didn’t think too well of it either. Now that I’m done writing this I guess I’ll pour the rest of this cup out and start brewing up something more pleasant.
The tea was only ever included within the collection and never sold on its own.
It was recommended to me by source as an example of what Soviet produced tea was like during the days of Communism which I thought might make for a fun experience for people to try.