This is in, my opinion, the best black tea I've tasted. Smooth orange liquor, light and fresh on the palate and should be consumed just straight, no sugar. A very big leaf. All the tannins and caffeine are in the veins of the leaf and the flavour on the outside, if you heavily chop the leaf like a fannings or dust grade 1,2 or3 (tea bag) you destroy the flavour and expose the veins, like chopping a sausage. Savvy?