Two Earl Grey's

Les Palais Des Thés, Blue of London, Earl Grey Du Yunnan;
Medium light Amber colour. Very elegant use og bergamot, tiny hints of smoke aromas and citrus, lime, fresh lemon, hints of roses in the back, just beautifull and elegant and perfectly balanced aromas. Very transparent. Acts more like a green tea than a black, very subtle and elegant, very good length. 90

Les Palais Des Thés, Thé Des Lords, Earl Grey;
Amber colour, a bit more bergamot and quite more citrus, but more orange and mandarin, also some rose hips and slight spicy note. A bit perfumed, thouch of vanilla, roses and tulips. Very elegant black tea, more of bergamot and lemon in the mouth, good intencity and elegance. Very long finish. 88

Two Mariage Freres very different Black Teas

Mariage Freres Breakfast Earl Grey, Black Tea;
Deep amber-orange-red colour, lots of bergamot, but very elegant nose, some vanilla, floral and lime and lemon, maybe even some orange peel, some floral notes, tiny hint of jasmin far behind. Very elegant and balanced Earl Grey, one of the best, long and complex, but in no way show off. So balanced and good in the mouth it would be a true shame to ad anything in it, sugar or milk. 87


Mariage Freres Lapsang Souchong Imperial, Smokey Black Tea;
Medium amber colour, bond fire, smoke, charcoal, smells like your sweatshirt after an evening to close to the fireplace after burning with not too dry wood. Extremelly intence, fills the room with aromas, even comes out of the metall box. Also some incence spicy notes, like Tibetan Gompa (Tibetan room for prayers and spiritual activities), very intence nose, not for the faint hearted this tea. Well balanced and elegant actually on the palate, flavours like a great smoked ham. Fresh finish and long length. 90

One perfumed green tea and one black from Mariage Freres

Mariage Freres, Montagne de Jade, perfumed green tea;
Dark lemon yellow, very delicate mouthfeel, aromas of a botanical garden, roses, lavendel hints, hibiscus, caprifol, perfume, hints of green notes in the back and orange flowers with lemon hints. Very complex and pleasant, but not the longest aftertaste. Transparent. A personal favorite. 88



Mariage Freres, The au Tibet, flowery black tea;
Amber with green rim, perfumed and some roses, very beautifull and intence smell, like a very elegant and floral Earl Grey, but much more elegant and transparent, some bergamot, lime and lemon, caprifol, anis, small hint in the back of white chocolate and vanilla. Soothing and tender mouthfeel, very long and pleasant aftertaste. Another personal favorite. 91

One Ceylon and one Darjeeling from Mariage Freres

Mariage Freres Darjeeling Princeton, Grand Darjeeling TGFOP;
Pale amber colour, very pleasant mouthfeel, and a very elegant Darjeeling. Rich in flavours, but still tender and transparent. Some green notes, perfumed and floral, hints of citrus fruits and some orange peel in the back, then mellow notes, almost like a white tea in it's tenderness. Is there some bergamot as well? if it is, it's very subtle. Fantastic long aftertaste, amazing Darjeeling. 93


Mariage Freres Saint James O.P., Ceylon Finest Harvest;
Redish amber colour, green rim, mellow and tender, very delicate and elagant for a Ceylon. Not the most complex and big, but that is excactly why it is this good, Bergamot, some sitrus and orange tones, hints of flowers, tiny hints of mahogany, complex but subtle nose. Very elegant Ceylon 89