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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I tend to like strong flavors and find the Assams and Darjeelings are kind of tame for me. I started with them and like them but grew out of them.
The Tea Farmers Gedeng Gree Tuocha was good. Held up to three steepings, the fourth was really weak.
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Three steepings is good. I can usually get at least two out of my Keemuns, and three out of the Xian Zhen. But after sitting overnight, two was the limit.
What I like about Darjeelings is the nose. Very distinctive, almost floral, nose, both in the tin and brewed. The variation in strength of licquor goes from extremely mild (many of the first flush estate teas) to substantial (the better 2nd flush estate teas) to rather too strong and harsh (that dust they put in bags and label "Darjeeling").
This afternoon - all this talk about Darjeeling has me wanting a bit of 2nd Flush Darjeeling. Think I'll have the Puttabong Estate.