Ruby 18

Closed, opens at 11amIndependent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Floating Leaves when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Deliciously rich and smooth Taiwanese red tea from Yuchi (near Sun Moon Lake). We have tasted many Ruby 18's in our career, but enjoyed relatively few. This one caught me by surprise as it is full and creamy like hot chocolate, but with a potent assam-like briskness. The characteristic mint aroma is present but well integrated. It is an excellent Ruby 18 that shows off the awesome potential of black tea grown in Taiwan. I like to give it a little flash steep to help it open up, and the aroma of