Outsides: This Ceylon Ratnaurpa is just ceylon tea and nothing else. I brewed a teaspoon of it at near boiling water for 3 minutes and I'd recommend tasting it after 3 minutes to see if you like it and let it steep a few seconds longer if you want a stronger flavor. The color is kind of a medium reddish brown and it smells very clean and a bit spicy with a note of breakfast tea.
Insides: First off, this tea is going to be a bit more bitter than other types. That's just the nature of it and I think the term used for this is a brisk taste. This has a bit of a bready malty taste to it which reminds me a bit of wheat beer. The body is less than the Darjeeling but still very full. This has a nice aftertaste as well, a bit malty and a bit floral but actually sweet compared to the overall bitterness of the tea.
Overall: It's good, but I'm glad I did this experiment because I found out that Ceylon is not my favorite black tea. I still recommend getting a sample of something like this just to find out how much you like Ceylon versus other tea.
My Rating: Try it!
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