I read up a little about this flavour as I was trying it, and needless to say, it had me hyped up! As far as I understand, this black Chinese tea is made from tea leaves harvested from perennial trees (many aging at least hundreds of years) in the Yunnan province of China. You hardly get any yield from them as they return little harvest despite taking ages to grow, so it can be said to be uncommon.

There are plenty of descriptive words you can assign to this flavour, but the ones that resonate with me most are “woody”, “earthy” and perhaps “floral”. It’s kind of a blend of the usual Chinese tea and Earl Grey Tea. It may also seem unorthodox to put black tea together with sugar-coated corn flakes, but when you taste it for yourself, you’ll find that it is one sensible combination. Come to think of it, it’s really not hard to understand their co-existence on the same cup since both black tea and cereal are breakfast products.

My favourite part of this was the bits of black jelly that you’ll get to when you’re halfway through it. Its taste is very much redolent of the pearls you get at bubble tea shops, though it has the chewiness of Thai Red Rubies. I’m impressed, really. Brother Bird remains consistently good, fresh and relevant with the passing of every rotational flavour. I’m genuinely looking forward to the upcoming flavours! (7.7/10)

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