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>>17555687
>English Breakfast


Since I have discussed the packaging already, I will not cover it again, as they are the same. Opening the Upton, it does not smell much. It’s not malty, woody, earthy in any way. It does very much smell like black tea, but I can’t place my finger on the notes? The closest I can place is a compost-like smell, like composting leaves or wet treebark? It is not unpleasant, just hard to place. Opening the Vahdam is a different story, it is immediately an obvious dark chocolate smell with strong malty notes. It reminds me of a very good milkshake. The tea itself also looks quite different, with upton being either rolled or cut into the size of sesame seeds, while Vahdam is full (albeit small) uncurled leaves.

Brewing again at
>8 Grams per 1000 mL of water
This time at 2 minutes as prescribed by the pastebin as it’s a more traditional black tea. Both teapots were preheated and with the same kind of water as last time.


Immediate first impression is the Upton did not unfurl or grow in the slightest, while the Vahdam did. I’m somewhat disappointed in Upton for this, but it may still be good. Upton again turned out darker, this time being hardly transparent, while I can see the bottom of my cup, its just barely. Vahdam is a nice transparent cuppa.