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Old 07-03-2006, 02:53 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea
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Default Need some new teas, your favorites?

Dominic,
for high end 2nd muscatels Castleton would be my number one choice -
how bold. I found them to be the most consistent over the years and the
2005s I had the pleasure to sample were nothing short of terrific.
Second choices would be the Margarets Hope Ian already mentioned
(sampled 2 different invoices last year - not bad at all and a bit
cheaper). Another real nice Musc I had the pleasure to drink (and to
stock up on) was last years Soureni, comparatively cheap (1/4 of the
Castleton) but my personal best value among 2005s DJs.
I'm personally also partial to Autumnals (more so than to FFs), the
Makhaibari Vintage I rambled about in another thread was my personal
favorite DJ of 2005, and then there have been some nice (semi-)Oolongs
(Gopaldhara !) and small batches of some private bio-organic projects,
yadda yadda ...
However, I guess the first non-DJ after my return in 2 weeks will be a
tippy Yunnan, yeeessss ...

PS: Just two hrs ago I got another sample of a 2006 DJ FF. My friend
Mr.R didn't tell me the estate, as always he'll name it only after I
told him my impressions. So it's back to the hotel for another one of
those guessing games.
More FF (Sungma, Rohini ?, Puttabong) coming in tomorrow, I'll report
back.

Karsten / Darjeeling

 

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