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JacquelineM

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White Persian Melon from Golden Moon Tea

JacquelineM drank White Persian Melon by Golden Moon Tea

I couldn’t figure out what kind of tea I wanted today! Well, if truth be told, I would have wanted Sugar Carmel Oolong again if I had any more! But since I do not – I thought I’d give another Golden Moon sample a try.

1st steep – 3 min. Delicate and delicious!!! It seems I’ve found a white tea that I love! When they say it’s flavored with “sweet melon nectar” they are not kidding! I feel like I am drinking a rare nectar of the gods. This tea makes me feel as if I should be laying on a chaise lounge being fanned, and offered peeled grapes and such, not sitting at my desk in snowy Philadelphia!!!! The flavor is not cloying or overly sweet – it’s absolute perfection to my taste buds.

2nd steep: 4 min – Less melon, more white tea flavor. Still a great cup of tea. I’ll keep to 2 steeps though.

Golden Moon Getting a Tin Scorecard: White Persian Melon, Kashmiri Chai, Sugar Caramel Oolong

2010-02-16 10:30:50 -0500

180 °F / 82 °C

3 min 0 sec

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Ricky 2010-02-16 20:18:41 -0500

Interesting, interesting.

Mine are Coconut Pouchong, Sinharaja + Honey Pear, but I wouldn’t mind getting a tin of the first two. Haven’t had the last one yet so I can’t say for sure. Now I’m interested to know what everyone else wants a tin of (from Golden Moon).

JacquelineM 2010-02-16 21:55:17 -0500

Ricky – I keep reading everyone’s notes after I log each sample and it’s so interesting to see who loved what, who loathed what, etc. This sampler is just too much fun!

teaplz 2010-02-16 22:07:45 -0500

This one didn’t do it for me, mainly because I hate the taste of melon. Although it really came close to being delicious, regardless of the melon! Both chais are awesome in my book. :)

JacquelineM 2010-02-17 07:12:40 -0500

teaplz – that is how I am about mint! I don’t really care for it and I have been putting off all the mint teas in the sampler because of that. And there are a lot!!

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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