Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Black

Where to Buy:  Udyan Tea

Tea Description:

Rohini AV2 Exotic Black Tea is picked from AV2 bushes at high elevations. This First Flush Tea is plucked immediately after the long cold winter months and is bountiful with fresh flavour as the bushes are full of vigour. The infusion has a greenish leaf appearance and the tea tastes fresh and crisp. This tea is produced from the prime sections of the garden with the earliest production beginning from the 1st Week of March up to 15th April depending on the elevation. They brew into light mellow cups with excellent first flush character and floral ascents.

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Taster’s Review:

This Rohini AV2 Exotic Black Tea from Udyan Tea doesn’t look like your typical black tea.  It doesn’t taste quite like your typical black tea either.  Therefore, you shouldn’t brew it quite the same way you’d steep a typical black tea.

I never use boiling water on a Darjeeling black tea because I learned through trial and error that when I do, I get a slightly bitter tasting tea that’s a wee bit too astringent for my liking.  I find that if I lower the temperature to 195°F that a Darjeeling is much better tasting.  Less astringent and not bitter!  Win!

And this tea is SO LOVELY!  It’s deliciously sweet with notes of flower and fruit.  Hints of muscatel – not a strong muscatel note, but then this is the first flush, so a strong muscatel note isn’t expected.

The floral notes are the stars of this show.  I like that they’re not sharp, instead, they’re beautifully sweet and they mingle with a honey-esque flavor.  It’s wonderful and very spring-like!

Overall, the cup is a delightfully mellow tea that I’d recommend for afternoon sipping.  This would make a lovely tea to serve to special guests.  Truly a remarkable first flush Darjeeling.