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Yu Lu Yan Cha Black from Verdant Tea
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I have to tell you sometimes I am more excited about the samples I’m getting from Verdant than the tea I actually ordered. I say this because ever time I’ve ordered the samples have been spot on to my taste in tea even if they were way off base from what I ordered!

This time around this tea was included with my order of Golden Fleece. Is it as good as Golden Fleece? Not in my opinion, but it’s up there on my list of top favorites from Verdant.The dry leaf hints at malt and chocolate for me. I have to tell ya, I am a sucker for a malty tea. Always have, always will be. As it steeps there’s still that malty smell with a slight hint of honey. Mmmm honey.

The taste? Again the malty flavor is right there in my face but I do get some passing tastes of chocolate and honey. This gets an a in my book. A sample size of it MAY have also fallen into my cart too. I like it, but it isn’t a tea I have to have in the house all the time. At least not in large quantities.

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CHAroma
CHAroma 2012-12-30 11:20:57 -0500

I love Verdant teas! But they’re just so expensive, it’s hard rationalizing it to the fiance.

The Purrfect Cup
The Purrfect Cup 2012-12-30 11:24:33 -0500

Agreed! Thankfully my MIL gave me a gift card for Christmas….hello tea money! I’m also glad that Verdant offers a lot of their tea in 2.00 sample sizes. I hate buying a large amount of something and hating it, then being stuck with it!

CHAroma
CHAroma 2012-12-30 11:30:35 -0500

Yeah, samples are for the win! And grats on the gift card! I’ll pretend not to be jealous…grumble grumble. LOL!

Sil
Sil 2012-12-30 11:33:40 -0500

mmmm looking forward to this one. I too, love a nice malty black.

The Purrfect Cup
The Purrfect Cup 2012-12-30 11:33:53 -0500

Ha thanks! It’s not a huge gift card, but it bought me some samples from Verdant. I might have enough to get something from Upton. Sigh why can’t I just win lotto! LOL!

The Purrfect Cup
The Purrfect Cup 2012-12-30 11:34:57 -0500

@Sil, I’m being so sparing with the tea from our swap you sent! I’m in love with it!

Sil
Sil 2012-12-30 13:11:37 -0500

Well if you can’t make it up in February ill send you more :)

The Purrfect Cup
The Purrfect Cup 2012-12-30 13:29:58 -0500

:)

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Tea lover, wife, mother to three cats, reader, and writer. I started drinking and enjoying tea (yes, yes it was Lipton, but it got me started) when my grandmother first introduced me to tea with milk and sugar (and peanut butter and jelly on toast) and my love just grew from there.

I was brought to loose leaf through a trip to Teavana, but my taste has expanded along with my love of tea in general. Now to get my husband to drink some too! :)

I’m happy to try samples and review them if you are a tea company. PLEASE NOTE I do not want payment for tasting/reviewing your teas. Just the sample will be fine. :)

If you would like to get in touch with me I can be reached via email at thepurrfectcup@gmail.com, thank you.

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