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Dragonwell from Tavalon Tea
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It’s been over a month but I’m finally courageous enough to try takgoti’s Dragonwell tea, the tea that began our tea swap. This Dragonwell is quite different. To start with, the leaves are heavy, flat spears, while Dream About Tea’s are light fluffy things.

She’s right, this Dragonwell has a slight peppery smell, like carnations. It has a stronger vegetal taste with something that makes the top of my tongue feel slightly numb. Interesting. But I like Dream About Tea’s Dragonwell better. It fascinates me that tea of the same name can be so different. I very much appreciate the chance to make the comparison. Thanks takgoti!

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Cofftea
Cofftea 2009-12-14 16:11:51 -0500

Oh Carolyn you tempt me hehe;)

Carolyn
Carolyn 2009-12-14 16:32:26 -0500

Did you see my rating? Not my favorite of the teas that takgoti has sent. I understand now why she thought Dragonwells were not very good.

Cofftea
Cofftea 2009-12-14 16:41:34 -0500

Yeah I did, I just was talking in the general dragonwell sense:)

teaplz
teaplz 2009-12-14 16:42:54 -0500

Yeah, this would have scared me off of Dragonwell as well, from what I’ve read of the tasting notes of this one. I’m happy you were able to send takgoti something that tasted way better, Carolyn!

Carolyn
Carolyn 2009-12-14 19:00:55 -0500

Me too!

Jillian
Jillian 2009-12-14 21:05:08 -0500

I’ve only tried one Dragonwell but it had a very light, delicate taste, so your account of this tea makes me curious as to what others might taste like. :)

Cecilia Tan
Cecilia Tan 2009-12-19 01:29:47 -0500

I really love a good Dragonwell but there can be a lot of variation in the flavors, from grassy to sort of nutty. They can sometimes almost taste like rubber. That same rubbery flavor can be found in some Japanese senchas, which is interesting since both sencha and dragonwell are wok-fired/wok-ironed, which is why you end up with the flat, broken up leaves. Something about the hot metal must add that taste?

Jillian
Jillian 2009-12-19 04:10:23 -0500

Or it might have something to do with the cooking process itself maybe?

takgoti
takgoti 2009-12-20 03:06:06 -0500

Dude. You have totally, totally spoiled me on Dragonwells now because I am comparing ALL of them to the one you sent me and all of them are really paling in comparison. I’d call Andrew and Dunham’s a noticeably distant second place.

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