Darjeeling Special Summer Muscatel Black Tea

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Every summer, the Darjeeling tea gardens leave you spoilt for choice when it comes to high-quality muscatels. This season, our master blenders have taken the best muscatels to create a tea that captures the most distinguishing features of the muscatel. And so you have the Special Muscatel that sings with woody-tart flavors and notes of red fruit and melon rind.

the experience

liquor

aroma

Lifted notes of wood and dried drupes and hints of wood spice

appearance

Amber

taste

The liquor is full-bodied, astringent, complex yet well-rounded. A sour note is apparent throughout the length of the cup. However, mellower notes of wood, orchids, and grape seed can be picked up in the middle. Towards the end, a note of melon rind is also discernible.

COMPLEMENTS

Semi-hard cheeses, berries, eggs, tart, pancake, lasagna

dry leaf

aroma

Marked by a note of dried red berries in the attack and toasted cashew in the release

appearance

Mix of well-rolled brown and black leaves; some with silver tips

infusion

aroma

Vegetal with notes of melon rind and grape seed

appearance

Broken coppery leaves with olive green hues

steeping notes

cold filtered O2 Rich Water

Temperature

Tea Leaves

Time

hot

6 fl oz

185F -194F

1.5 tsp / 0.09 oz

4 mins

Recommended number of steeps - 1

condiments

Lemon

Drink Plain

Sugar

Honey

TIME OF DAY
Morning
CAFFEINE
High
BEST CONSUMED
Hot
SEASON
Second
SPECIALTY
Muscatel
SKU SFMUSB | GRADE SFTGFOP1

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