i normally drink whites , greens and such kind of tea.

i tried darjeeling blacks for this muscatel flavour and am at a loss.
i ordered teas supposed to be strong muscatel flavour and am missing
it i guess.

the second flush 2008 are for sale now and are 80 bux a pound, WOW

i got some great white tea from yunnansourcing for 35 bux and it is
great. my wife thins the whites taste like normal water but i get a
spectrum of flavours even to the 4th infusion, my wife just rolls her
eyes and pours it in the sink. i get butter vanilla flavours.

based on my three darjeelings already received i find it hard to spend
that kind of cash searching for a muscatel flavour,
i thought it would have been a tartness, like burgundy red grapes.

any thoughts ?

or is it like my wife and the white tea ? do some ppl just not get the
flavours ?

alanj

On Jul 9, 8:38 pm, sjone...@cogeco.ca wrote:

I've given up on the elusive muscatel taste. I've tried every major
estate darjeeling both flushes for the past five years. All things
being equal the commercial brands are just as good. I call some white
tea taste ephemeral. Some will argue you have to brew it right. I
think the tasting temperature is more important, slightly less than
medium hot or a little more hot than warm. I prefer glass for
tasting. Its not a casual tea. You have to be in the moment with a
clean pallette. Another approach is load the pot and discover the
taste in multiple infusions. If you want to taste a muscatel type
taste in a white tea try SowMee, stuff the pot.

Jim

sjone...@cogeco.ca wrote:

sjones12@cogeco.ca writes:

Congratulations on that! Sounds as if you have a lot of pleasure
ahead of you.

Lew beat me to the punch on this one. I'd never quite "gotten" the
term muscatel used with Darjeeling, mainly because I don't drink any
alcohol, so the only place I'd run into the term is in tea. However,
about a month ago, a tea friend had purchased some Muscat grapes and
gave me some. My first thought on eating one was "Hey, this tastes
like second flush Darjeeling!" So if you can find some Muscat grapes,
check them out and then re-try Darjeeling tea. :)

On Jul 11, 10:05 am, Tea Geek gmail.com> wrote:

Dominic T. wrote:
I'll make a note of this. I suspect that'll make any Darjeeling taste
like muscatel which as it turns out will be no big deal.

Jim

...Lucy in the grape pit...

Dominic T. wrote:
I'll make a note of this. I suspect that'll make any Darjeeling taste
like muscatel which as it turns out will be no big deal.

Jim

...Lucy in the grape pit...

On Jul 12, 3:04 am, Space Cowboy ix.netcom.com> wrote:

On Jul 14, 3:50 am, Kevo gmail.com> wrote: