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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Okayti Estate First Flush Darjeeling: I love tea names...
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Indeed. Though I gave up trying to figure out (and remember) what all the letters at the end of Indian and Sri Lankan teas mean in real terms. In the case of this tea, though, the name is fully descriptive. First flush is the early spring picking when the tea leaves first come out. And the Okayti Estate has one of the more distinctive Darjeelings. It's First Flush tea is bright, rather light, but very aromatic, and is almost green in the cup. NOT a tea for milk or sugar, but an interesting alternative to an afternoon Oolong, for example. A bit more acid, and slightly less rounded than a good Oolong, but more aromatic.
All of which doesn't help my not having any tea at all in my cup yet. I should be swimming, but I'm goofing off reading MobileRead instead.
