JacquelineM

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Monkey Picked Tie Guan Yin from Golden Moon Tea

JacquelineM drank Monkey Picked Tie Guan Yin by Golden Moon Tea

Oh my goodness gracious me! I have never, ever tasted a Tie Guan Yin like this! It is INTENSELY sweet. I mean, candy sweet. Cantaloupe candy. The little card I got with it says lilacs dipped in honey, but I am sticking with cantaloupe candy since I have never tasted a lilac. I am sincerely astonished how fantastic this is.

I steeped it kinda crazy, too: 1 perfect teaspoon, about a minute, 8 oz water. Increasing a minute each steep. I’m on my third right now and it’s still SO sweet. Wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow.

2013-03-07 11:34:06 -0500

185 °F / 85 °C

1 min 0 sec

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Bonnie 2013-03-07 15:06:30 -0500

Wow, wow , WOW!!!!

Ysaurella 2013-03-07 16:21:48 -0500

we are all craving for it now with such a review :)

Indigobloom 2013-03-08 00:12:52 -0500

I loooooove the smell of lilacs. but I really dislike cantaloupe! (and the only melon tea I’ve had!) But… I want!

ashmanra 2013-03-08 01:02:43 -0500

I LOVE Monkey Picked tea!

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I love to cook, bake, read, paint, knit, do needlework, and garden. I need my coffee, but I LOVE my tea. I work at an Art School, and I am currently taking classes in order to become certified to teach.

I enjoy writing tasting notes, but have decided not to numerically rate teas as of 9/14/10. For an explanation, see my looooong tasting note about Mountain Malt from the Simple Leaf.

My favorites:
Chinese black teas
A good “milk and sugar” English style black
Earl Grey (classic, and in all variations!)
Vanilla teas (classic, and in all variations!)
Jasmine, Rose, Violet and other froofy, flowery teas!
An Occasional Oolong
Flavored Rooibos
Herbal Tisanes