Nepal - Damn Fine Tea

It's been a spectacular day here - incredible weather, lots of outside time with the kids, my parents are in town, an old friend came to visit. Good stuff.

To top it off, I had a great tea. Hooray for great tea!

Today I tried Andrews & Dunham Damn Fine Tea's Nepal. This is the second of their three Series One teas I've tried. (Wow. That was kind of confusing. Too many numbers!)

The dry leaf of this tea is truly gorgeous. It's a mix of downy silver, chestnut, olive green, and chocolate brown. The leaf was really well formed. I honestly could not stop touching this tea leaf. I don't know why. I feel like that isn't a response I often have.

The scent was reminiscent of pine and apples. It was an exceedingly fresh smelling tea.

This tea made me think of a 1st flush Darjeeling. Then it made me think of some of the really top notch Ceylons I'd found that had that really fruity, muscatel quality. I was a bit stunned by this tea. I really hadn't expected to like it quite this much. What a great surprise. Go Nepal!

Tea: Nepal
Source: Andrews & Dunham Damn Fine Teas
Type: Unscented black tea
Brewing details: 1 1/2 tsp at 212 degrees for 3 minutes
Comment: I definitely recommend giving this tea a try. A&D: Two for two. You'll find my review of Andrews & Dunham Ceylon here.