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JacquelineM

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Premium-grade Dragonwell (Xi Hu Long Jing) from Radiance Tea

JacquelineM drank Premium-grade Dragonwell (Xi Hu Long Jing) by Radiance Tea

Traveling Tea Box Tea!!!

I am feeling a little adventurous today so I thought I would try this one. There are no steeping directions on the package, so I did a little poking around and decided on a low temperature and short-ish steep.

The tea liquor smells exactly like asparagus! It tastes like asparagus too. Hmm. It’s not really doing it for me to tell you the truth. I’m more of a floral/fruit rather than a vegetal kinda gal. Sip sip sip….grimace grimace grimace! OK. I have determined that I think it’s nasty. I am throwing it down the sink!!!!

If anyone reading this loves vegetal greens and would like to take the remaining tea leaves off my hands (almost an ounce) I will be happy to mail it to you. PM me with your address :)

EDIT: I have a taker!!!!! Thank you!

2010-03-18 13:02:27 -0400

170 °F / 76 °C

3 min 0 sec

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Cofftea 2010-03-18 13:51:17 -0400

Wow… a 75 and a 9… wow…

JacquelineM 2010-03-18 13:52:37 -0400

Must have been an asparagus fan :) It’s a great quality tea, I just didn’t like it.

Ricky 2010-03-18 15:55:52 -0400

Wait… did you pick that up from the store? They sell tea there too!??! =]

JacquelineM 2010-03-18 16:03:15 -0400

Ricky – it was in the Traveling Tea Box! I think either Jack or Mike must have put it in. But they sell a million different teas at the tearoom!! They sell teaware too – I know you are looking for some and they have lots of eastern style teaware. I didn’t even think of it til now!

Ricky 2010-03-18 16:04:26 -0400

Hmmm! I might have to give it a visit soon, the weather’s been so nice lately.

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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