92%… Ceylon BOP ~ Upton 22 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 It's possible all the extra effort i went to in order to review an actual Dimbula Ceylon was fruitless. Today's tea is so awful i can't really imagine anyone drinking…
94%… Ceylon Dayagama Estate ~ TranquiliTea 21 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Before i began writing reviews for Ceylon Week, I was sure i had at least one example from all six growing regions. Turns out i'm missing Dimbulla. Here's why: when…
94%… Organic Haputale OP ~ Upton 19 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Ceylon seems to have a way of breaking the tea scoring conventions I've come to understand. Many gardens produce teas only as fine as an "OP" or "FOP" with as…
93%… Ceylon Lover’s Leap Estate ~ Simpson & Vail 18 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Nuwara Eliya, the Southern of the central three Sri Lankan tea growing regions, boasts the country’s highest grown teas. As such, Nuwara Eliya is also cooler, with frost occurring at…
92%… Loolecondera Estate Ceylon Pekoe ~ Upton 17 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Kandy is the oldest tea producing region in Sri Lanka. Kandy's oldest tea garden, Loolecondera Estate, was established by James Taylor in 1867. Today i'm reviewing a tea from Loolecondera…
94%… Ceylon FOP Ratnapura ~ TeaHaus 16 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Ratnapura is easily one of the most obscure tea producing regions. Located in the South interior of Sri Lanka, bordering its more famous tea producing cousins: Matara to the South,…
93%… Blackwood Estate Green Or ~ Simpson & Vail 15 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 If you read my Simpson & Vail Incursion, you may wish to skip the following paragraph as i am repeating myself verbatim. xD Probably the most famous tea Estate in Uva,…
93%… Ceylon Lumbini Estate ~ TeaSource 13 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 Since I've already had a week devoted to Darjeeling (India) this year, and the overwhelming number of my blogs center on Chinese tea (the two biggest producers), I've been wanting…
93%… Ceylon OP Nuwara Eliya ~ TeaGschwendner 8 Oct 201525 Sep 2016 After yesterday's less than stellar introduction to "OP" I'd like to offer a counterexample. High grown (over 6,000 feet, the magic number) Nuwara Eliya is one of the foremost tea…