Organic Kundaly from Butiki Teas

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Black, Indian

Where to Buy: Butiki Teas

Tea Description:

Our Organic Kundaly is sourced from the Kanan Devan Hills Plantation in Kerela, India. This extra special Pekoe grade tea has floral and roasted walnut notes. Organic Kundaly is an assertive lightly astringent black tea.

Ingredients: Organic Kundaly Black Tea

Recommended Brew Time: 4 minutes
Recommended Amount: 1 level teaspoon of tea for 8oz of water
Recommended Temperature: 210 F.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

I really respect Stacy from Butiki Teas and her dedication to organic and natural flavored teas! See more info on her here.

This is not as assertive as some morning blacks so you could also have this as an afternoon tea, heck you can have any tea you want at any time but for the sake of reviewing I would say this is a brunch tea!

It has malty notes but they are not “in your face” and it is a bit lighter and less bold than some Indian black teas. There is an earthy note to it which reminds me a bit of peat and tree bark. Next to no astringency.

The mouthfeel is rather bright, and crisp.

There is a light tanginess – more of a twang in this tea. If tea notes could be explained by musical notes this would make the sound of a person picking on a banjo. That may have made no sense at all but it just has this “pluck” to it which is delightful!

I pick up a very gentle spice note in the background of this tea slightly like black peppercorn but its so slight it could easily be missed!

This is a fairly straight forward tea, its not layered with complexities but it is in fact a very good example of a high quality Indian black with enough of a difference from most that it is quite unique and one that you should try!