187 Tasting Notes
I had this tea as part of the ThinkGeek’s/Adagio’s Tea Sampler… Awful. At best it was bitter, you can however save your investment and make it as iced tea. Most tea that has too much of one flavor can be ‘saved’ and then enjoyed as iced tea, perhaps because we cant taste cold things as well.
I love ripe Puerh and I love citrus fruits. I tried EVERYTHING, I’ve steeped longer time, I’ve steeped smaller times, used a lot of leaf, small amounts of leaves… EVEN talked to it. I cant make myself like it. I tried it 4-5 different times 4-6 steeps each time. I will try another ‘Pomelo’ or citrus fruit because I want to make sure it’s not a quality issue.
I have two more completely new oranges… I will be making donations.
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I forgot to add: 1. the ripe puerh seems really smoky, sort of like really dark chocolate or heavily roasted coffee, if you make it too strong it will be ‘critusy’ charcoal 2. the tea now says it can’t be shipped to the US, I’m not sure if it mine made by mistake but I got it somehow.
Love white teas. This is to me the sweeter ‘Snow Bud green tea’. They have similar clean taste with a very light vegetal after taste. This one starts more sweeter like light honey. I usually do two steeps, the second is a bit more vegetal and grassy. (You can try re-steeping snow bud but to me it gets a bit astringent.)
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I tried this Oolong in a ‘I need X $ to get free shipping kind of setting’. I’m glad I bought it. I carefully split/separated the the mini cake into two pieces. It has the taste of honey and a slightly fruity-to-floral note. I’m a sucker for naturally sweet teas and well this one surprised me and delivered.
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I like this tea. It is naturally sweet all and just as the description is really soothing hot but it makes a great iced tea. I have to admit that for some reason as an iced tea it may seem a bit more perfumy than when hot. Still a pretty good choice and inexpensive.
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This is a ‘nostalgia’ tea for me. Its smell takes me back to my childhood, just like freshly steamed rice. At first I was amazed at the smell of it had and then I questioned if I was just biased while tasting it. Then, a friend walked in and asked if I was cooking rice; tea true to its name. If you like nutty flavor and a tea that give a ‘filling’ sensation while you drink this is a tea to try.
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Cool – added to shopping list – sounds amazing!
It is! at least for me. It has that Sheng Puerh mini ‘kick’ to it but the rice fragrance/flavor is the main star. I usually drink it after a meal. But right before one sets my mood for food because the room smells like rice.
OKay I am sold – will get next time I have tea cash! :)
I ordered this tea two times from adagio… Two completely different teas. First time was amazing, smoky, vegetal, savory tea with just a slight hint of sweetness. It reminded me of vegetable stock with roasted vegetables. The second time, around 2-3 months later. The tea was faded as if it had been exposed to sun and air for a long time. The only thing remaining was a slightly smoky taste and the oxidized taste of badly stored green tea.
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Adagio for me is always hit and miss to the point I am done ordering from them with exception of their iced tea (the already bottled ones) on occasion.
I would have to agree with you. I loved adagio for an introductory source of tea for me. I have to commend them on their teaware selection specially if you just starting. But they seem to have storage issues. But if you like flavored tea is a to-go place and their delivery is insanely fast (probably the reason for the hit and miss/stora issue).
Possibly. The last several white teas I have got from them have been literally undrinkable – I rarely will dump a tea out in the sink and will at least try to not be wasteful but I had to dump the last two. Luckily they were sampler packs.
Wow, I had a flashback to my own experience. I’m sorry about that. On the bright side (and I’m trying to be VERY positive here), crappy tea makes excellent compost/compost tea (just make STRONG almost undrinkable tea, let it cool and use on plants.)
I tried this Puerh out of curiosity. I have to admit is a NOT an every day tea for me, in fact I rarely drink it. But I love it, It has a pungent taste and very floral/perfume like smell. It has a smoky taste and the bamboo fragrance lingers in you mouth. I’m looking forward to try a ripe bamboo fragrance. (Multiple Steeps Gong Fu style… I could not handle a powerful 2 min steep).
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I really enjoy this tea. I prefer white and green teas over black but this tea allows me to enjoy all the aspects of a black tea while keeping smoothness. Similar to a Keemung in being smooth and fruity but with pronounced smoky chocolate notes. I drink this tea every morning before work.
