Today we started tasting the tea samples I brought back from World Tea Expo 2014.

They are from the Lumbini Estate in Sri Lanka. It is a beautiful looking factory nestled in woodlands (the Sinharaja forest reserve).

Teas left to right.

Silver tips
Golden tips
Mother earth OP1
Endless sky FBOP
Jayachakra
Burning Sun FBOPF

I’ve not tasted a good Ceylon Silver Tips for a few years now. So this was a real treat.

The Golden Tips were also good (the Roving Teaman preferred them over the Silver)

Mother Earth and Endless Sky were both excellent brews as well. Full of bright colours, crisp floral notes, and generally a delight to taste.

The Jayachakra tea is unique to the Garden. It is two whole leaves and a bud, formed carefully into a ring. It has a lighter colour and is a gentler infusion. It is a special tea, for special occasions when you have got the time to savour the flavours and bouquet.

Last but not least is Burning Sun. This is a pretty amazing brew. It is strong, would take milk if you wanted it, packed with flavour, yet gentle, not bitter, has great mouth feel. It has to be one of the best Ceylon’s we have tasted.

I can’t yet say that these teas are coming soon, though I do hope I can in the near future. You are going to love them.