More Bad Tea
Last year was when I tasted a few different Tai Ping Hou Kuis. My favorite batch was the one I got from Camelia Sinensis. Naturally, CS was my first choice for this year’s crop.
Now we all know what TPHK leaves are supposed to look like… right? Well this tea obviously went through some bad times. The leaves are all broken up, and that is easily enough to ruin the tea:
I don’t mind getting bad tea when the price clearly reflects what is to come. However, I’m pretty sure I paid more than 50cents a gram for this bag-o-weeds. And yes, the entire bag is all chopped up, similar to my displayed sample above.
Wait. Maybe there’s still hope for the tea. I didn’t buy it just to look at it, right? Right. Let’s drink it!
…
and…
Bad. Bitter. Lifeless. Not anything I would ever choose to drink again.
Maybe my expectations are too high. No. They aren’t. This tea is not worth its price and CS dropped the ball on this one. Literally?
Fifty cents per gram!! Amazing, I don’t think I’ve ever spent that on tea. My record is about 25 cents per gram (converting from pounds) I’d expect something special for that as well.
Having said that, my cupboard is full of tea that I have bought and been disappointed by (alongside things I’m pleased with). You just can’t tell how good it’s going to be until you try it…
Номер не пройдет!
Сейчас проверим…
Очень, ну очень всё удачно получилось!
у меня уже есть/
I know what you mean! A couple of years ago, our Tai Ping Hou Kui at Dobra Tea was the winning tea of the year. This year it seems lamentably flat (even though the leaves look pretty good). I’m not sure if it was just a bad year or or if we are just not getting the good stuff, but it’s actually a bit comforting to know that the problem isn’t isolated to our suppliers!
The previous owner of our tearoom visited the island where our Tai Ping was produced and had a magical experience–when she brought back the leaves they were broad, flat, whole and characteristically imprinted with the criss-cross pattern from the wire drying racks. Some of the most gorgeous leaves I’ve ever seen. This year they are much more fragmented. Alas, alas.
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