re: Ahmad Tea
Mar. 6th, 2023 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
itrytoberecently i posted about my staple tea brand Do Ghazal, and the Ahmad Tea earl grey that i bought when i couldn't find Do Ghazal anywhere. so i opened the package a while ago and i've been drinking the Ahmad Tea earl grey for a few weeks now so here's my review:
it's nice! it's very intensely citrussy, though to the point of pretty much overwhelming the rla. it's hard to compare to Do Ghazal because by the time i finished the box i had, the aroma had faded nearly to nonexistence (it had been open since 2016 – i know, i know). but i have a vague memory of it being more full-bodied and malty back when i first opened the package. and i think i liked that a little more?
and i've actually fucking seen Do Ghazal in the shop again recently, but i can't buy it because i have nearly 500g of earl grey to finish first.
i have thought of mixing it with unflavoured black tea to achieve more body, but the unflavoured black teas i have are more expensive and that would defeat the appeal of Ahmad Tea as cheap bulk tea (or a significant part of it anyway, because even ignoring the price, it's genuinely good tea). i have also considered buying a box of cheap Ceylon tea (Do Ghazal, possibly) but i don't drink enough non-earl grey black tea to justify that purchase. not that it would be very expensive but y'know. just feels wasteful.
i still have more than half a 500g package of Do Ghazal green tea left so i don't need to think about that for a while. but since i've been paying attention to Ahmad Tea lately, and almost resigned myself to switching brands, i noticed that their basic unflavoured green tea is marketed as zhenmei, so i'm actually curious about that, if it's better than Do Ghazal's nameless green tea. so now i'm in a situation where i have lots of Ahmad Tea earl grey and Do Ghazal green tea, and i would like to try Do Ghazal earl grey and Ahmad Tea green tea...
it's nice! it's very intensely citrussy, though to the point of pretty much overwhelming the rla. it's hard to compare to Do Ghazal because by the time i finished the box i had, the aroma had faded nearly to nonexistence (it had been open since 2016 – i know, i know). but i have a vague memory of it being more full-bodied and malty back when i first opened the package. and i think i liked that a little more?
and i've actually fucking seen Do Ghazal in the shop again recently, but i can't buy it because i have nearly 500g of earl grey to finish first.
i have thought of mixing it with unflavoured black tea to achieve more body, but the unflavoured black teas i have are more expensive and that would defeat the appeal of Ahmad Tea as cheap bulk tea (or a significant part of it anyway, because even ignoring the price, it's genuinely good tea). i have also considered buying a box of cheap Ceylon tea (Do Ghazal, possibly) but i don't drink enough non-earl grey black tea to justify that purchase. not that it would be very expensive but y'know. just feels wasteful.
i still have more than half a 500g package of Do Ghazal green tea left so i don't need to think about that for a while. but since i've been paying attention to Ahmad Tea lately, and almost resigned myself to switching brands, i noticed that their basic unflavoured green tea is marketed as zhenmei, so i'm actually curious about that, if it's better than Do Ghazal's nameless green tea. so now i'm in a situation where i have lots of Ahmad Tea earl grey and Do Ghazal green tea, and i would like to try Do Ghazal earl grey and Ahmad Tea green tea...
