On Mar 10, 4:47*pm, "Melinda" wrote:
"Thitherflit" wrote in message

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Hi all,

I've had two or three EXCITING Assams from Uptons before.

The one I remember most was "Assam FTGFOP1 SPL CL" from Mangalam
Estate (OR-575). *It was *so* complex and spicy!

AND it was THICK: *Help me with this. *The tea was *thick* in my
mouth, as if it had some magic extra ingredient. *This quality was not
hard to brew for: *a light infusion, a strong infusion, they both had
this quality. *I've had lots of Assams, and this was not simply
"malt."

This tea was just under $16/lb. *When I fiished it off (in early
2007), I tried ordering more. *It was all gone. *I got a different lot
from the same estate, around the same price, but it wasn't organic (so
I know it was a different lot), and it was fine tea... but not the
dazzler I had had!

Any current recommendations of Assams you have found amazing?

Oh, and, I've read some rather uncomplimentary reviews on Upton's web-
pages... negative enough that I don't think Upton's was censoring
stuff. *Remember, though, that it is likely most reviews will be
positive: *Would *you* waste time writing a review of something you
weren't excited about?

They do "censor" if you want to call it that....they refused one of my
reviews once and I won't write any more for them because of that. I still
order from them of course, it's their website and they can manage it how
they want.

Melinda- Hide quoted text -

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They published one of mine where I gave an enraged one star review.
And I'm avoiding one of their Assams where somebody else, as a single
reviewer, said a tea tasted like decayed raisins. Possibly you
reviewed one that they were about to take off their list anyway?
Toci