Kwong Sang Tea Co. Ltd Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Original Russian Tea'

Tea Information:
Tea: Original Russian Tea
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Kwong Sang Tea Co. Ltd Tea Set Brand Imported by American Roland Food Corp.
Purchase: ?
Description: ?
Ingredients: ?

Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Additives: none in brew basket, 2 packets white sugar in cup
Water: 28 ounces tap water
Tool: Sunbeam TeaDrop Hot Tea Maker - Medium
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: dried leaves, fall, tea
Steeped Tea Smell: black tea
Flavor: plain tea
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: quickly and briefly bitter, astringent
Liquor: nice reddish brown

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Post-Steep Additives: the two packets sugar from above, I think this could use some cream

Resteep: TBD

Rating: 2/4 leaves


Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

Kwong Sang Tea Co. Ltd Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Original Russian Tea'

Tea Information:
Tea: Original Russian Tea
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Kwong Sang Tea Co. Ltd Tea Set Brand Imported by American Roland Food Corp.
Purchase: ?
Description: ?
Ingredients: ?

Steep Information:
Amount: 1 teaspoon in a finum tea filter
Additives: none
Water: hot spigot, 1 tea mug full
Steep Time: a little over 2 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Smell: dried leaves, fall, tea
Flavor: plain tea
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: a little bitter but very short lived
Liquor: nice reddish brown

Got this as a gift from a coworker, it's a nice basic black tea

Post-Steep Additives: none

Rating: 2/3