This Sikkim Temi Tea Green Tea is from the Temi Tea Garden established by the Government of Sikkim in Temi, South Sikkim in northeast India.
The tea is a high-quality loose leaf of tippy golden flowery orange pekoe (TGFOP1).
Steeping 3 g of loose-leaf in 200 mL of water at 75°C, the infusion was a transparent golden yellow colour with a sweet, buttery aroma that recalled chestnut. Served hot, the floral notes of the green tea emerge delicately at the head of each sip with a gentle honey-like sweetness before developing with an enjoyable buttery body that lingered through to a brief vegetal hint in the finish.
Overall, this steamed green tea occupies a happy balance between the lighter, more vegetal flavours of a steamed Japanese green tea and the buttery notes of a pan-roasted Chinese green tea, avoiding the umami marine-flavour of the former and the bolder, astringent notes of the latter.
This Sikkim Temi Tea Green Tea contained 100 g. It was produced in India and received as a gift from acquaintances visiting India in 2019.