Kenya Michimikuru Estate FBOPF from TeaSource
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kenya94 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Jun. 18th, 2019
I love teas from Kenya, and I've been loving the teas I ordered from TeaSource, so it makes sense I would love this one! I think it is my favorite tea of the whole batch.
The dry leaf smells amazing: there is a sweet, bready quality, and a hint of the juniper smell that is mention in the commercial description.
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Kenya Kosabei TGFOP Tea from Organic Herbie
Style: Black Tea – Region: Nandi, Kenya76 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 4/5
Nov. 5th, 2018
A good "sipping" tea that I found I enjoyed most when I drank slowly. This tea had some characteristics of a Ceylon and some of a Darjeeling. I found it slightly tricky to brew. I liked its aroma, but could be a bit thin-bodied and bitter. Thank you to Organic Herbie for the free sample!
Dry leaf, which has a fine, ...
Purple Majesty from Murchie's Tea & Coffee Ltd
Style: Green Tea – Region: Nandi, Kenya77 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Aug. 21st, 2018
While periodically ordering our regularly consumed teas from Murchie's, I'll sometimes go after a small sample of a new tea, just to try something different, since they do have a huge selection. The name intrigued me (purple tea?), as did the origin, in some of the highest-elevation tea-growing areas of Kenya.
Unl...
Iced Black Tea with Raspberry from Pure Leaf
Style: Fruit Black Tea – Region: Kenya68 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Jun. 8th, 2018
The dry tea in the sachets is broken, but in decent-sized pieces. Pieces of hibiscus flower are apparent. The sachets smell like dried raspberries with an additional herbal, leafy scent.
Adding the water intensifies the raspberry. It doesn't quite smell like fresh raspberries, but it doesn't smell artificial, either...
Iced Black Tea with Peach from Pure Leaf
Style: Fruit Black Tea – Region: Kenya35 / 100 Aroma: 5/10 Flavor: 2/5 Value: 2/5
Jun. 2nd, 2018
The plastic sachets of tea are transparent enough to see the tea leaves and some of the flavorings. The leaves are obviously broken, but the pieces are the same size as in the Pure Leaf loose leaf offerings. Looking closely, I can identify pieces of hibiscus and orange peel.
The dry tea smells overwhelmingly of fres...
Nandi Royal GFBOP Black Tea from Upton Tea Imports
Style: Black Tea – Region: Nandi, Kenya86 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
May. 13th, 2018
Probably the strongest tea I have had in a long time. I loved this one. It's not for the faint of heart, though!
Upton's humble "Nandi Royal OP" really blew me away, so I was eager to try this. Compared to that one, this is a higher-grade broken-leaf tea, more tippy, but more broken. The price on this is slightly hi...
Nandi Royal OP from Upton Tea Imports
Style: Black Tea – Region: Nandi, Kenya87 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Mar. 13th, 2018
An outstanding tea for a great price, but does not resteep well.
This tea surprised me; a truly artisanal tea at an amazingly low price, with the only downside being that it does not resteep well. It also resembled a Darjeeling more than any other African-sourced tea I've ever tried. Kenya keeps producing remarkab...
Kosabei (g) from De Theefabriek
Style: Sencha – Region: Kenya34 / 100 Aroma: 3/10 Flavor: 2/5 Value: 2/5
Sep. 13th, 2017
The leaves look interesting: the leaves are shredded into flat pieces of two or three square millimeters and relatively light green. (Isn't sencha usually needle-shaped?)
I don't have much experience with senchas, but this doesn't quite seem like the two better ones. I remember a strong bright, "green" vegetal aroma...
Fahari Ya Kenya Tea from Ketepa (Kenya Tea Packers)
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kenya83 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Feb. 1st, 2017
I've found this tea one of the best for a predictable, every day tea with a robust aroma and good taste. When brewed strong, it packs a nice punch for cold winter mornings. Because it's so fine, though, it'll clog up screen strainer infusers and is best used with a paper tea filter or a coarser metal infuser. The pric...
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Handcrafted Kenyan from Murchie's Tea & Coffee Ltd
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kenya95 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Sep. 22nd, 2016
This tea was exceptional, and was among the best Kenyan teas I've sampled yet.
The dry leaf of this tea looks intriguing: long, completely intact, irregularly twisted leaves. It has a very pleasing aroma, suggestive of a high-quality tea, evoking thoughts of sweetness.
Upon brewing, produces a fascinating cup wi...
Kenyan Tinderet from DAVIDsTEA
Style: Black Tea – Region: Nandi, Kenya67 / 100 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 2/5
Apr. 1st, 2016
Thank you to my friend Sarah for bringing me this one! I love Kenyan teas, and this was a classic Kenyan CTC tea of decent quality. Quite good and pleasant to drink, but I think it is very overpriced.
Dry leaf is not very aromatic, nor is the brewed cup, but I find the flavor very pleasant. DavidsTea describes "l...
Milima Estate Kenya OP from Upton Tea Imports
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kericho, Kenya67 / 100 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Nov. 29th, 2015
A good black tea, but not among my favorites. This is now the fourth tea I've tried from Milima estate in Kenya. I've become a huge fan of teas from this garden: two of their teas are among my top-rated black teas of all time.
I thought this one was good, but I didn't like it quite as much as the examples I tried ...
Kenya Milima from Harney and Sons
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kericho, Kenya83 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Aug. 30th, 2015
A strong black tea with numerous fleeting complexities. I tried this tea together with two other Kenyan black teas sold by Harney and Sons, the Kaimosi CTC and Kangaita OP, and this tea seemed in between those two in overall characteristics, but it also seemed to be a more nuanced tea than either of them, and it grew ...
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Kangaita OP from Harney and Sons
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kenya77 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 5/5
Aug. 15th, 2015
A rich, deep, and mellow tea, excellent if you want something very dark but smooth.
Dry leaf smells only faintly, but the aroma is extremely pleasant, I'd say beautiful. I find I like it more each time I smell it. It is a fruity and vegetal quality, reminiscent of the best Kenyan teas I've sampled, and a little li...
Kaimosi CTC from Harney and Sons
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kenya80 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 5/5
Aug. 5th, 2015
A birthday present from my parents, purchased from the Harney & Sons store in a batch of mostly African black teas (they know I LOVE these sorts of teas). This was a very hearty tea that I liked right from the start. Robust and powerful, pleasantly rich and aromatic, but tending towards harsh. Still, I kept coming b...
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