Dilmah Tea

   I have to be honest here. I didn't think I'd be the best one to write this review. While iced tea (unsweetened with lots of lemon) is my drink of choice when I go out to eat, I don't drink tea on a regular basis. Drinking tea has never become an essential part of my routine. I don't drink it every day, or even every week. There is no pitcher of tea in my fridge and my teapot is rarely used. I do enjoy the occasional hot cup of tea, though. Plain. No sugar. No honey. No lemon. No milk. Just tea.
   Since I have never become a connoisseur, I had never truly compared teas. Could I really tell the difference from one cup to another? We prepared four varieties of Dilmah's teas. Each had a distinctive flavor. Even my untrained taste buds could tell I was tasting premium gourmet teas.
   Earl Grey has always been my favorite blend of black tea, so I was not surprised that I liked it the best of the four I tried. I later compared Dilmah's Earl Grey to Twinings'. Again, I was surprised. The two tasted quite different. Dilmah's was much smoother, less bitter. I asked Michael, OLM's editor-in-chief, to try the two in a blind taste test. He doesn't care for tea. It's all muddy water to him, but he also chose Dilmah's Earl Grey over Twinings'.
   Dilmah is a family owned operation with a conscience. The company's foundation, the MJF Charitable Foundation, provides resources and education for the poor throughout Sri Lanka and aid in conservation efforts. The foundation operates and funds more than 100 projects.
   Merrill J. Fernando, Dilmah's CEO says, “We came into this world with nothing; we leave with nothing. The wealth some of us acquire is owed to the efforts and cooperation of many others around us. Let us therefore share that wealth while we are still around, so that the goodwill and contentment created thereby make our world a happier place for others as well.”  www.dilmahtea.com