I got this one in the mail last night and I couldn’t wait to try it. Like almost everyone else I loved the spring picking and was excited to try the autumn offering.
To start with, the differences are apparent from the scent of the dry leaf. Like many have pointed out, this tea smells richer and more buttery than its spring counterpart. The dry leaves of both have a floral aroma, but the difference is like that between fresh, bright, light, spring florals and darker, heavy, rich, thick florals. It’s a comparison I made recently for some flavored teas, but it works here (though on a slightly narrower scale). In the aroma of the brewed tea (brewed “western style” in a 12oz cup) these florals are still present and thick (primarily lilac, I would say), with a health dose of buttery creamy nutty notes.
Well I’m not shocked that this tea is awesome. The notes I described above are in the flavor, but also a distinctly green leafiness that I never really got from the spring picking. That’s really the main note in the sip, and all the florals and butteriness and nuttiness is just coming and going. I feel like this one is a little less sweet than the spring… it’s just a tease, a hint, a faint whisp of sweetness playing on the edges of what is really more of a savory quality. All in all a delicious, intriguing offering from Verdant.
