I wrote a tasting note about a week ago from a Nepalese Green tea that a coworker was gifted at the Toronto Tea Festival, from an unknown vendor, that she brought back to be shared with our team. This is the black tea counterpart from the same person…
I kind of liked this one, but it definitely doesn’t have much black tea characteristics to it at all. Like, it’s basically a black tea in the same way that a 1st Flush Darjeeling “is a black tea” – though I really think this was even more significantly less oxidized. I looked at the steeped leaves after having the mug and some of them just looked like straight up green tea. The flavour was crisp and very vegetal; like green bell peppers and artichokes. It had a hint of floral character to the undertone and a pleasant mild astringency. It lacked any perceivable sweetness.