Davidson's Tea Bulk, Dunsandle Nilgiri, 1 lb Bag

Another great find from Davidsons. I use this for my special strong chai masala. Nice and fruity with a hint of malt. Will be ordering this again soon.

This black tea has qualities of both Ceylon and Darjeeling teas. It definitely has the floral or white grape Darjeeling taste but balanced out by more typical Ceylon flavor. So, I really like it, as I find straight Darjeeling blends to be too much. It definitely has the high elevation grown traits still though. Some say the tea has an identity crisis and is lacking defining characteristics and is more like a blended tea, but that doesn't mean it's bad at all! For Keemun tea, Davidson's may not be the best I had but for the price it is very good. Keemun I feel is incorrectly described as smoky, but it's more like an unsmoked tobacco in some of its qualities, and I mean that in a good way, it's quite good!

Good flavor nigiri organic

The tea tastes good, doesn't have a particularly complex flavor. It tasted bitter and unpleasant at first, but I realized that it was the Stevia I sweetened it with, not the tea. Since switching sweeteners I've been happier with the tea and I'll probably get more of this blend. Take care not to steep the tea longer than five minutes to prevent bitterness. I've been steeping it for four minutes and it's working out great.

This is the most affordable, yet high quality Nilgiri tea I have found! You get a LOT in the bag. I use this for making Kambucha or just making sweet tea. They have other teas that I love just as much. Definitely a great buy.

I'm liking this Dunsandle Nilgiri tea. I use it mostly to make Kombucha but have enjoyed a hot cup lately.

This tea tastes just like regular brown tea; with sugar, it is basically good old southern style sweet tea, and the flavor is comparable to Lipton or Nestea. I would buy this again in a smaller quantity, but was expecting a different flavor of tea. That, however, may just be my personal failure to research exactly what "dunsandle Nilgiri" really meant. I bought this along with several other bulk teas from the same company to make some tea samplers for friends for Valentine's and this was my least favorite of the ones I purchased.

I'm very fussy about tea. Being a connoisseur over 40 years. I started drinking tea when I was barely 13. So impressing me, at this point, is quite difficult. I fell in love with Nilgiri tea, when I lived in Japan.(late 90s early 2000s) A tea place in Shinagawa carried it, and it was soooo good. Id never seen it anywhere else previously. The nilgiri region of India is quite small, and now, multiple farms there, produce tea. Back then, not so much. But suddenly, this brand I found only in Shinagawa.... it was gone. They had no explanation. They just stopped carrying it.. So, for the last 20 years, I've been on a quest, to find the nilgiri tea Tha tastes like the one I bought in Shinagawa all those years ago. None have come close. Some were even nasty tasting.. 😭 Id all but given up.. Soooo... I was perusing this company's very large inventory... And sure, they have it. I said, eh... Why not.. It is exactly like the one from 20 years ago? No, but it's close, and it's delicious, regardless. Joy bliss, I have renewed hope for mankind! Yes, really... Tea is life..