Complex, unique, mysterious! This white tea is quite different than other whites – this one went through some processing encouraging it to age, so apparently after a few years, this white will be a black tea! Nifty! The leaves are big, open and fuzzy with a salt and pepper colouring, as some leaves are silver, others black.
Taste? Really neat and full bodied – white tea taste of sparking grape and juicy, a bit of black tea maltyness, with raw pu’er flavors of ultra creamy sticky and bit of musty (a tasty musty). This isn’t your light, crisp floral white tea – it’s mystery in a cup. Especially in the later steepings as it gets wispy and still creamy.
Also Tea Drunk in a cup. White tea tea drunk? I’m totally tea drunk WAHHHHh.
Full review with lots of pictures on my blog, The Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/white-night-mandala-tea-oolong-owl-tea-review/
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I was wondering if you could tell me… are White Night and Moonlight White the same teas? Someone else in their review here said they’d been wanting to try a “White Night/Moonlight”. I have a Moonlight White loose puer that I love and I’m wondering if this tea is the same type of tea or different?
Oh and now I just saw your blog post comparing this tea to the Bana Moonlight White (which is what I have). I think your post answered my question!
ha, beat me to it!
I was wondering if you could tell me… are White Night and Moonlight White the same teas? Someone else in their review here said they’d been wanting to try a “White Night/Moonlight”. I have a Moonlight White loose puer that I love and I’m wondering if this tea is the same type of tea or different?
Oh and now I just saw your blog post comparing this tea to the Bana Moonlight White (which is what I have). I think your post answered my question!
ha, beat me to it!