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My first reaction to this tea was that it smells very sweet and a lot like potpouri! The scent of roses blends nicely with the fruity smell of mango and the sharp scent of jasmine.

After four minutes of steeping, the previously strong aroma really mellows out to a pleasing blend of primarily jasmine and mango scents. My first sip seemed to be entirely roses, followed by hints of tropical fruit and some jasmine. Quite pleasant, if not a bit much in the way of flowers. Taking a bigger swallow, a myriad of flowers and the mango taste flooded my mouth, though everything seemed to be tinged with the flavour of roses. There really is not much taste of rooibos in this tea, as it is overwhelmed by all the other tastes…and it really is okay. I see no problem with that (excepting that one of those tastes is sadly not rooibos).

To be quite honest, I cannot say this is something that would have caught my eye and held my attention if I had seen it in a tea shop. Perhaps it would have required a second glance at the ingredients and at the tea itself, as it is very attractive, and unique looking, both in the dry leaf and in the list of ingredients. It is tasty, the flavour is quite pleasant, and I believe it is a tea that some will very much enjoy. As for myself, I give it a 75/100 on my personal enjoyment scale.

You can purchase the Xaouen directly from the 52teas website.

I didn’t know what to expect from a 1st Flush Darjeeling, but I could have sworn it was a black tea. I did a bit of research and it turns out that the 1st flush is more like a green tea, so now that I knew a bit of what to expect I went ahead and brewed up some of this.

In the package, the aroma is very green but not vegetal. There is a bit of a fruity smell that is slightly hidden somewhere in there also. The leaves appear to be dark like you would expect from a black tea, but once they hit the water they turn a beautiful hunter green. As the tea steeps, the fruity aroma is intensified.

The Phuguri Darjeeling brews up to be a medium golden color similar to that of apple juice and still has that strongly fruity smell. The taste is similar to a green tea with a slight floral note that finishes with a grape-like sweetness. Even as this tea cools, the sweetness becomes stronger and the tea is perhaps even more pleasant.

This tea is a nice change of pace from what I usually drink and I’m looking forward to trying the other Darjeeling flushes in the future.

You can purchase the Phuguri SFTGFOP 1st Flush 2010 Darjeeling directly from the Lochan Tea website.