Hamilcar Barca > wrote:
> Darjeeling: Sungma second-flush DJ-170, SFTGFOP1S
> Ceylon: Kenilworth "Wilson Select", OP1
> Java: Sperata "high-grown", OP
> Kenya: "Golden Kenya", TGFOP
>
>Sungma: I don't really have the words to describe the taste other than to
>say it's as good as I remembered. It's tiny leaves and tips and feels
>quite fluffy when I measure it. Unfortunately, it costs six or seven
>times as much as Lipton Premium but, as a consolation, I can't get Lipton
>Premium or Brooke-Bond Supreme in town any more. It's exactly what I
>wanted.

I just realized the Sungma is the last one of my goodie box that
I haven't tried yet...

>What is that DJ-170 anyway?

No idea. Looking through Upton's catalog (what a mess*)
that sort of number seems to appear only on the Estate
Darjeelings, but not on all of them. They have a whole
separate system of product numbering, so the "DJ" numbers
have to be something else.

* - they have so many teas that they really should either
add more hierarchy or at least widen the list displays so I
could get more of them on the screen to compare them...that
"0-20...21-40" stuff is NEVER the solution to breaking up
lists, especially where number 137, say, could be a better
choice than number 14.

>I haven't tried Upton's Kenya or Java yet; having been quite pleased with
>Special Tea's varieties in the past, I know I'll like them. Unless
>someone wants to hear about it (or them), I won't provide another of these
>superficial reviews.

"Java tea".

Love the irony.

--Blair
"Something about a tippy-flowery
arabica that wants a smirk."