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I am having this iced tea; much awaited for because it has been a while since reviewing another of other Den’s teas. I followed the tea’s direction of placing one tea bag into one bottle of 18-20 oz water but I let it to steep overnight in the fridge; in the morning removing it and shaking gently each time prior to taking a sip.

I took this tea with me while out, it was a very difficult and humid day. I needed the cold drink. I find that the mint in this tea is not very potent but mildly minty. It is mixed with the Sencha tea leaves and this makes it more nutritious. The mint has a relaxing and calming effect and it did help to quench my thirst as I sip this tea throughout the day.

This Sencha green tea is mixed with both spearmint and peppermint and somehow manages to capture the mints’ essence without being overpowering. It really is lovely tea.

A review of Pure Assam Tea by Madura of Australia

This is to be Australia’s finest tea; grown and packaged in Australia.
I am using freshly boiled water and having placed on tea bag in my cup I pour in the hot water leaving it to steep for four minutes. I am trying for the longest steep but it is to be suited to one’s palate.

This is an ideal breakfast tea. Tea’s color is a clear dark red liquor. The aroma is sweet and has a mildly roasted scent. Tea taste very malty and sweetly smooth.

In all this is a wonderful tea to experience in the morning with milk and sugar while plotting out daily activities.

A review of Boston Harbour Tea by Davison Newman & COLTD of London

Using freshly boiled water and one tea bag in my cup I pour the water into it. Allowing to steep for three minutes. After three minutes I remove the covering from tea and the tea bag from my cup. Tea’s color is a dark amber; and tea’s aroma is slightly floral. When tasting tea it is sweetly smooth.

This is very nice cup of tea to be enjoyed with milk or cream/sugar as desired. Overall, it is a light but flavorful cup of tea to be enjoyed throughout the day.

A review of Revolution Breakfast Tea(Boston Tea Party Blend)by The Metropolitan Tea Company, LTD

I am trying this very famous blend of black tea once more.
Using one tea bag in my cup, I pour the freshly boiled water into the cup leaving it to steep for five minutes.

I remove the covering from the tea cup and observe the coloring: a darken rosy color, like Port wine. It smells of a fine dry bouquet distilling of malt. Tea is full bodied and taste of malt and not roasted at all. I would not say that the malt is strong or creamy, although this tea is smooth in character and the description use for it is ‘oakiness’. There is something woodsy, and smelling of rain about it.

In all, tea’s character is that of malt and it is full-bodied with hints of floral flavor and a touch of pine.

I also like the canister that this tea comes in: the gold emboss/engraving for The Metropolitan Tea Company and the images depicting the tea party members disguise as Indians tossing over the teas into the Boston Harbor. It was then a history in the making; an historical event which brought about some wonderful teas.

A review of Dieter’s Drink (Natural Green Leaf Brand) Tea by PC Teas Company, Inc.

I brew one tea bag in a cup of 8 oz of boiling water for five minutes. I note tea’s color to be very dark and smelling of strong malt and when tasted this tea is very smooth and creamy. It is a very full-bodied tea with the malva, senna and persimmon leaf vying for attention. They seem to blend well, in that not one leaf over rides the other.

I am always happy to have this tea in my cupboard to fall back on when feeling congested or from having a heavy meal. I mean when I ignore my diet, I turn to this tea or something similarly for assistance.

A review of Açai Green Tea (Superfruit Tea) by The Republic of Tea

I am finishing the last of this blend for your well-being Açai Green Tea. The canister has a lovely floral aromatic scent of the berries and I know opening this each time the scent will still remain, permeating it as it does in the air when I am cooking this tea.

I place the teabag in my cup and pour the hot water into the cup and leave it to steep for few minutes. As I wait for my tea to steep, I re-read the tin’s label: The power of superfruits lies in their exceedingly high amount of antioxidants. They have great health benefits and are the best that nature has to offer.

I remove the cover from the tea cup and simply take in the tea’s aroma. It is that of a bouquet made up of hibiscus, açai berry bits and green tea. Tea’s color is dark berry color, wine even. When I take a sip of tea it is to enliven my palate and to make me want to have more and I do.

I enjoy this tea right to the very end. Tea’s character is of a fruity blends and seeming like a wine cooler/ spritzer and is full of anti-oxidants which are very good for you by adding a boost to this green tea.

Overall, this is an excellent tea for sipping one’s way to good health.

A review of 100% Natural Green Tea by Market Basket

I preheat my cup by rinsing it with boiling water. Using one of the tea bag I put it in my cup and pour in the boiling hot water, leaving it to steep for several minutes.

This is my lazy day tea when not wanting to be challenged by tea’s aroma, character, and palate. After several minutes of waiting for it to steep, I take the lid from the cup and place it on the table and remove the tea bag from tea.

Tea’s color is lightly brownish and smells like a green tea since it is grassy in the aroma and when tasted there is that grassy and green leaf taste to it. Tea is mildly astringent and taste very warm and soothing.

I must note that this particular box of tea, the strings all broke from the tea bags, most strange since I have been purchasing this tea on a regular basis, as it is used throughout the day, daily.

I don’t always feel the need to record this tea since it is so familiar and nothing new to be found; other than the strings not being properly attached to the tea bag. It is odd.

A review of Slim (he ye cha) Lotus Tea by In Nature

I drink tea for its health benefits, first and fore most. It is an unconscious gesture on my part. In that I turn to having tea instead of soda or coffee. Yet I am not a health fanatic, simply someone who enjoys drinking tea.

I have fixed myself another cup of Lotus pure tea. I take freshly run tap water and fill the small pan and put to boil on the stove. I take my tea mug and having removed some of the tea leaves from the bag, noticing for the first time the lovely lotus buds that are brightly red in coloring. This is such a lovely surprise. I place this and the leaves in my mug and when the water has been boiling a while I pour the hot water into my cup with the leaves already in it. I leave this to steep for five minutes.

After five minutes I take the covering and begin to scoop out the tea leaves and the buds from the cup. I pour the tea into another cup and tea’s color is as before a golden yellow and smells very aromatic and it is not over powering at all.

What I taste with each sip of this tea is a smooth, mildly aromatic and soothing cup of tea to be enjoyed at leisure and not when one is in a rush.

Overall, this tea is as sweet as it is aromatic. And I was pleasantly surprise in seeing the buds of Lotus.

A review of Choco Mint by The Cozy Tea Cart

I have had to clean my tea cupboard since it is getting to be that time of removing the empty containers and to hopefully make room for new teas when money is allotted for it. Anyhow, I came across some old sampler packs from a teashop I had visited in New Hampshire last year.
This is an herbal tea; instruction is to bring water to full boil, approx. 212 Fahrenheit. Measure one level tsp of loose tea into the infuser for each cup. Pour prepared water over tea and steep for 5-7 minutes.

What I have in remainder of the samples given to me; is a partly full bag of Choco Mint; and less then a teaspoon of Chocolate Cinnamon Rooibos and some of their TCTC Spice Tea. And I have taken the like, adding them all to my infuser and placing this in the cup and adding the boiling water. I leave it to steep for a good five minutes.

I remember when I had this Choco Mint last year that I found to be to weak and that it would have been nicer with more Choco for that home cup of Chocolate.

The tea’s aroma after the steep for five minutes is lovely as it mixes in the air, the scents of chocolate, mint, and that sweet cinnamon; as well as some of the other spices present and all of this intermingles to making a lovely cup of tea. It is very mild tea since there is perhaps more water than there is tea. So the flavorings are all very light since the net weight of water is more.

I wanted to give these samples another try and there is the potential for an exceptional cup of Choco Mint tea if only there could be more of the Chocolate (Swizz premium, or Nestle, or pure Cacao.) What is needed is more Chocolate and less water possibly, but we don’t want mud in the cup but an even distribution.

The Cozy Tea Cart, LLC opened another tea shop in June. I have not been fortunate to visit with them; I think one visit was enough for the owners. I am not to their liking or seeming so. I would attract the wrong element to their establishment. I get this quite a bit. Anyhow, if in Brookline, NH do give the Cozy Tea Cart, LLC a visit.

Having had one style of Genmai Cha inspired me to have another of a different brand and style tea bag. This tea box have individually sealed bag and is instructed to steep tea for 1 – 3 minutes.

I take fully boiled water and place my teabag in the cup and add the water and leave for a three minutes steep time.

I know that shorter steeps make for a stronger tea, yet I always prefer for tea to be cooked long as possible. Tea aroma is a roasted and nutty scent.
Tea’s color is brownish and kind of runny like. It is not clear, but not milky either. That is why I am using the term runny; like adding water into a cup that once held milk in it.

Upon tasting the tea, it is grainy in texture and steamy. Tasting like a cup of rice soup and leaving one feeling full.

Overall, these Genmai Cha teas are grainy in texture with a roasted nuttier side to it and makes for a very refreshing cup of tea.

A review of Genmaicha (Extra Green)Tea in Pyramids tea bags by Den’s Tea
Our Genmaicha teabag delivers the same great taste and freshness as our loose tea.

Ingredients: green tea, genmai, matcha
This extra green Genmaicha is in a pyramid teabag and I place this in my cup and pour the boiled water into the cup leaving to steep for 30 seconds with this first steep.
Tea is slightly darker in color
Tea’s aroma is a lovely popped rice, or those rice cripies treats, or when dieting those rice cakes.
When I taste this tea, I am met with that grainy texture with a nutty taste. Tea tastes naturally sweet with a full nutty flavor of the Genmaicha.

Having sampled several of Den’s Tea, I am reminded of the Genmaicha teas I had purchased last year at a Japanese grocery store and I still have some of those teas left. I can fully appreciate them all the more.

A review of Slim Lotus Tea by In Nature

I am very happy to be reviewing another tea from In Nature. This is their Lotus Tea—a sweet and aromatic blend ideal for helping with slimming, healthier lifestyles, and for reducing fatty substances in the body.

I hope as time passes to be able to attest of the above statement.

I am already familiar with the packaging for In Nature teas; their canister is small octagonal shape cardboard box. And when I opened this box I was expecting another tin foil/aluminum type holding the leaves. Instead it is a greenish bag with characters on it, and a sketch of a bridge and tea pot with the wordings: cha xiang piao shi hai. Cha I have come to know as the word for tea.

This bag crunched into the octagonal cardboard box for the Lotus Tea could be used by itself without the box. Anyhow, when I pull the bag to open it finally, I am met with very large tea leaves. I do still not believe, thinking it must be part of the packaging and yet it is not. The tea leaves are full but more like cut halves, smelling very floral and lush.

On the side of the tea bag there are instructions for making this tea.
Warm up tea vessels with the boiling water and then pour the boiling water into the cup and cover the lid for three minutes before serving. I am doing as instructed to do and waiting…I should say the tea pouch holding the leaves looks like a coffee bag…those Folgers Roast has similarly shape bag but theirs is a dark brown or black if recalling correctly.
Since the leaves are very large, I find I can just scoop them out with a spoon and placing them on a dish nearby. The leaves did not seem to change at all with the boiling water (temperature of 100 Celsius.) The leaves still seem to retain their crunchiness, and did not wither at all.

Tea smells very floral, nothing potent and is mildly sweet. Tea’s color is a lovely golden yellow.

I take a sip of this tea and it taste just fine. It is sweet and mild tea with a very light body. This tea has none of the vegetal qualities associated with green teas. With the coloring it could be more like an Oolong tea but the leaves are clearly green.

I like this tea for its suppleness and purity. I like that it has no caffeine and can be drank throughout the day. Wit the tea leaves I have used two steeps and I can have as many more, up to nine steep.

Thank you In Nature for such wonderful tea, and for sending this to me. Truly is good tea.

A review of Green Tea & Blackcurrant by London Fruit & Herb Company

Ingredients: Hibiscus, Green Tea (32%), Blackberry Leaves, Flavourings, Blackcurrant Juice (3%), Liquorice Root, Blackcurrants (2%)

I purchased this tea from Mark T. Wendell Tea Company last month and I have enjoyed it when needing something very flavorful with not much fussing. This tea is definitely that and more.
I take one tea sachet and you can smell the currants oozing out of the tea bag, as yet to be opened. I take the tea bag out and put it in my cup and add water that had been boiling into my cup and left to steep for five minutes.

Tea’s aroma is that of a bouquet of hibiscus and blackcurrants and smells very sweetly.
Tea’s color is a dark purplish in color like those dark Concord grapes. Tea depicts a floral nose, that of a lovely bouquet to appreciate again and again.

What I taste of this tea is a citrus blend of sort. For a green tea it is not astringent at all, it is most sweet and licorice like in the notes of this tea. This tea makes me think of those spritzers or non-alcoholic beverages with lots of punch to it.

Overall notes for tea: a floral bouquet with flavorings reminiscent of grapes and yet it is hibiscus, blackberries with blackcurrant that one should taste. I know this tea would make a great fruit-punch tea served with crushed ice and some specialized honey if needing more of a sweetener.

This tea has many facets, as yet to be unfolded with simply having one cup of tea.

A review of Bilo Chun (Pure Spring Green) Tea by In Nature

Another day and one more cup of this Bilo Chun Spring Green Tea; I need to move on since it is now summer and is well underway. I like the contrast that is to be found with some green teas, that is all.

I put the remainder of tealeaves, a little more than a heaping spoonful into my cup and pour the already boiling water into my cup and leaving it to steep for several minutes.

I continue to insist how that creamy texture from the leaves, the foil packaging that was holding the leaves remains (lingers) on the tip of my fingers. It is so pleasant to smell this milkiness.

And when I remove the lid from my tea the leaves have unfold slightly and the tea’s color is mildly golden with a slight astringency for aroma. It is a light green tea with a mild sweet taste and nothing extra; making for a pure cup of tea with no hidden traits.

A review of Genmaicha Extra Green (with Matcha) by Den’s Tea

This is Den’s Tea special blend of Genmaicha with Matcha. This blend uses a tea ceremony grade of Matcha and quality Bancha.

Origin: Shizuoka
Harvest: A blend of First & Second Harvests

This tea smells lovely from first opening of the foil bag to the steeping of this tea and to finally drinking the tea.
It is suggested that this tea be steep for 30 second for the 1st steep; I take a rounded heaping teaspoon and put this in my cup and pour in the boiled water and left to steep. When the times seem right, I remove the covering from the tea and I am met with a very rich flavorful cup of tea. It is very green in color with the roasted brown rice floating loosely in my cup. At first it smells like popcorn, the kernels of corn not cooked at the bottom of the bag; and as the tea cools down I am met with a rice crispy kind of smell.

So this tea’s aroma is most invigorating as well as intoxicating. In tasting the tea, one is met with the rice’s grainy textures or the best wording is ‘nutty’. This 1st cup of tea is very filling, for a somewhat medium bodied tea.

I try this tea next with a 2nd steep for 15 second and adding the boiled water to my cup with the tealeaves already loose and immersed in the boiled water. The tea’s aroma with this short infusion is more vegetal and sweet and when tasted I am met with the matcha this time and not so much of the grainy texture of the rice.

1st infusion for 30 seconds yields a highly aromatic aroma in the tea. The tea’s color is green and the taste is very grainy; smelling/tasting like rice crispies.
2nd infusion for 15 seconds gives way to another layering to be found in this tea; the astringency of the matcha, giving this tea its natural sweetness with a slight astringency.

Overall, this tea is green in color with the 1st steeping to be more of roasted rice for aroma and flavor. With the 2nd steep tea is more grassy tasting, slight oceany taste to it as the matcha flavoring comes through.

A review of Flavoured Apple Tea by Princess Noori

It is nice to return to some newly found favorite teas, like this Flavoured Apple. I have been fortunate to enjoy it as a hot cup of tea quenching my thirst, whilst pleasing my senses and palette with its aroma. As iced tea I was only daring enough to add slice of lime to it. When brewed cold or properly chilled, this tea is like wine, very crisp wine with that drying effect to the back of the throat.

I only have a few tea bags remaining and today wanted a cup of this tea, hot as usual. And while trying to view the tea box I realized for the first time that this tea expired twice it would seem. One date is 07/2010 and another date is 01/2012. I purchased this tea from Bazaar International Gourmet: Royal Delicacies at Peasant Prices. The tea box, all but the title and brief wording in English is in Russian characters and I cannot read the characters either but few numeric terms and on front of box the tea’s name and type. There is a website: www.orimitrade.ru

This reminds me of when I last visited The Tea Leaf in Waltham, MA and I purchased this Oolong tea with apple flavoring which was absent from mine cup, if recalling correctly. Anyhow, that tea had expired as well, must be why it was so inexpensive. Oh, well you pay for what you get. And this tea is very pleasing to me, so it was worth the price, and yes I would purchase it again.

I take one of the remaining tea bags and put it in my large mug from Stash Tea of Portland, Oregon and I fill this mug with fresh hot boiling water and placing the cover on the mug to leave it to steep for five minutes. The apple scent is wonderfully crisp, like one of those tart crunchy green apples. It is very nice.

Tea for me is my breakfast; it is my start and end to the day. What I mean is that one cup of tea can make it for an excellent day to an absolute downer of a day if not good tea or a good day.

I take the tea over to the table and remove the saucer from it and placing it underneath the cup. Wow, the aroma of the apple mixed with this Ceylon tea which is a brightly reddish-brown infusion and when tasted the tea’s liquor is creamy and smooth with that drying effect upon swallowing.

Overall, it is as written on tea’s box: Excellent Apple Flavoured Ceylon Black Tea with apples pieces.
-—a brief history of Ceylon now (Sri Lanka)
It is not surprising to find out that Sri Lanka, once known as Ceylon drank only coffee, they are now highly regarded black tea importers; beginning with when a parasite destroyed the island’s crop, a famous British grocery magnate by the name of Thomas Lipton decided to convert several of the plantations to tea growing instead. And his tea plantations grew to employ some 10,000 people. Being, that he was a marketing genius, Lipton knew to promote his product with no middle-man; so his campaign as well as his name is still synonymous with “tea” and his marketing statement of “direct from the tea garden to the tea pot” is considered by many to be ingenious and some tea merchants/sellers continue to use his tea slogan.

One that I can think of is: Harney and Sons; three generations of tea blenders. And an island nation once famed for importing coffee is now one of the largest exporters of tea.

If anything is to be said of this reviewer and her teas, it is that she exclaims enjoyment as well as disenchantment when met. As in this instance, it was pure enjoyment with this Ceylon Apple Flavoured Tea.

A review of Genmai-cha by Yamamotoyama

Genmai-Cha is Green tea with roasted brown rice. Since having tried this Houjicha with its roasted flavoring, I thought let me try some of my older teas.

This Genmai-cha is in tea bags sealed individually. So I take one tea bag and put this in my cup and pour into my cup the hot water already boiled. I let to steep for a few minutes. And already the air is filled with that heady roast. Not as prevalent as the Houjicha or the Haiku teas but similarly so.

This tea’s color is a lovely light green tea, and I can smell the nutty brown rice coming through in the tea’s aroma.

This tea makes for a very soothing choice after meals and can be consumed throughout the day.

A review of Houjicha Gold (Roasted Bancha) by Den’s Tea

Houjicha-Gold delivers a delightful and calming cup. Highly aromatic but gentle to your stomach with a low amount of caffeine.

Origin: Shizuoka
Harvest: Between First and Second Harvests

This Houjicha Gold calls for a very short steep, something I am not use to. I take a heaping teaspoon from the open packet and place this in my cup and add the boil water and left to steep for only 30 seconds.

Tea’s aroma is a very strong roasted cup of tea. It is medium bodied tea and the fluid’s color is darken brown. This tea is very woodsy and earthy smelling and taste like the Haiku tea I have sampled in recent past but this tea has leaves not twigs as did the Haiku tea.

I must say when I open the packet I was thinking this smelled like an over flowing ashtray with but ends of cigarettes. I am sorry; I do like the roasted and woodsy aroma that this tea conveys. And I think it would make a great ice tea…and perhaps adding Vodka to it since they both possess that drying effect when tasted. This is just a thought, and something to consider trying; Iced Houjicha Tea with vodka.

I also tried this tea with 2nd infusion for 15 second with boiled water added to my cup and it is less roasted in the aroma and much milder in the taste.

A review of Bilo Chun (Pure Spring Green) Tea by In Nature

I have been sampling and enjoying Japanese teas; which are roasted in the flavoring with that cooked rice aroma in the air. So it is interesting and in contrast to drink this Bilo Chun (Pure Spring Green) which when steeped for less than two minutes is smelling of wet leaves and moistens dew and none of the smoky aroma that Japanese teas are known for.

This Bilo Chun presents a sweet mild palate and is very soothing as it coats the stomach and possessing that forest alpine taste from first sip right to the end note.

This is a very clean tea with no off-tastes.

A review of Sencha Fuka-midori Tea by Den’s Tea

I am continuing with the tasting of Sencha teas; As I opened the sealed foiled packet and inhaling the leaves aroma as being fresh and very vegetal; that cut grass smell. I take one rounded teaspoon and place this in my cup, I than add the boil water to my cup and with this 1st infusion steeping time is for 60 seconds.

I pour the tea (removing the leaves from the cup) into a clean cup and notice that the tea is a very light green color and smells very vegetal and making me think this tea might be slightly astringent in the taste. And I am not disappointed; there is a slight bitterness when I taste the tea. The scent is slightly roasted with a wet grass kind of smell.

With the 2nd infusion, using same leaves I pour some newly boiled water into my cup and let this steep for only 15 seconds. Tea is steamy and the leaves are full and in bits now and the astringency is not so prevalent as with 1st steep and the teas natural sweetness comes through more so with this short infusion.

I am to note that this is a tea that one can drink all day, everyday even, without getting bored with it.

I do like how with the shorter steeps that the tea is more sweet and does not require for anything to be added. And I am able to get several more steeps out of the leaves to continue to enjoy it for the morning and into the afternoon even.

I must say thank you to Den’s Tea for making such wonderful teas.

A review of Japanese Green tea bag Sencha (in Pyramid tea bags) by Den’s Tea

This is the same great quality Sencha that they offer loose, with the added convenience of a teabag.

Ingredients: green tea

I am having this tea steeped for 90 seconds with water temperature at 180 Fahrenheit/80 Celsius. With the pyramid tea bag it is easier to view the leaves as they did not unfold much. They remained the same but the tea’s aroma comes through as being very vegetal and mildly sweet roasting flavor. It smelled of roasted rice actually.

When I take a sip of this tea, I am met with a grainy texture and reminded a bit of the Genmaicha teas that I have enjoyed in the past. Yet this is not a Genmaicha but a Sencha tea. It definitely has a roasting quality to it and there is a delicate sweetness to be found in this cup of Sencha tea.

Overall, this tea is lovely; it is mildly green tea with slight astringency and sweetness at the same time. It is good tea. Thank you Den’s Tea for adding this sampler with my order.

A review of Golden Oolong (unsweetened) Tea by Ito En

After another long walk, I am very thirsty and decided to have some Oolong iced tea. I took a tall glass and fill it with ice and after shaking the tea from the bottle slightly I pour it into my cup with ice. I notice that the tea’s color is a golden glow; similarly to the packaging.

As I taste this tea, it makes me think of cantaloupe and I am not sure why. I continue to sip this tea and read the bottles’ label: The tea leaves used for this Golden Oolong are flowery, fragrant Huan Jin guei “Golden Cinnamon”, and hearty and ripe Tie guan yin “Iron Goddess”. Oolong tea is semi oxidized, making it unique from green and black teas. Enjoy its robust and clean taste.

I am happy that I purchased this tea at the Japonaise Café when I last visited them. I am sorry that I did not purchase the Jasmine Tea that they had as well. Anyhow, I have sampled two teas by Ito En and they have both been very good teas.

A review of Sweet Tea (Southern Style Real Brewed) by Arizona

Ingredients:
Premium blend of Black teas using filtered water, high fructose corn syrup (glucose-fructose syrup) citric acid, natural flavors.

I purchased this tea from the Family Dollar Store and it came as a 23 fl oz—680ml. I was happy to see sweetened tea since the last time I purchased some Arizona Iced Tea for sampling they were diet and somehow, this did not register with me.

Anyhow, I poured half of the can’s content into my travel mug and filled it with ice. I took this with me during my days outing and the tea was very sweet and liquor like. It did feel/taste like drinking real brewed tea as opposed to processed and canned.

I finished the remainder of the tea the next day and missed it since there was so very little of it left. I would say that I like the Arizona brand of tea, specifically their sweet tea…Southern style.

I don’t fully understand; the tea is good.

A review of 2011 Golden Key AAA+ Wuyi Mountain (Chinese Oolong Tea sample by China Cha Dao

This sample I received last year from Jerry Ma, tea vendor in China. I have enjoyed sampling all of their teas. I put a teaspoon of the remaining leaves into my cup and poured the hot water into my cup and leaving it to steep with cover on for few minutes.

After the set time, I removed the cover and notice the tea’s color to be a golden yellow, that light amber coloring. This tea smells very clean; nothing hits you at once since it is a very mild tea. With the leaves in the bottom of the cup, you can smell that the leaves have been cooked; that leafy green texture lingers slightly. Once I remove the leaves, I am left with a lovely cup of oolong. I sip and sip until the very end.

This Oolong was very clean and smooth; lush even; the nose of this tea is flowery but more of melons than floral. It is a sweetly and smooth cup of hot tea. It would make a nice cup of iced tea. I like mine hot, just they way I had it. Thank you for allowing me to continue to sample such fine teas.