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drank White Monkey by Adagio Teas
2145 tasting notes

I started out not really caring for this one and I can’t quite put my finger on why, but I didn’t like it hot. I’ll have to make some more up later and post another review once I can put my finger one exactly what it was I didn’t like. It’s also possible that the taste is just so different from the Dragonwell I had just finished up that it was a bit of a shock to my taste buds to go to such a sweet tasting green tea. I left it to sit on the counter for awhile and once it cooled off to room temperature the flavor was noticibly sweeter and the flavors mellowed out. By the end I really started to enjoy this tea.

I did steep this twice and iced down the second steep for later. This is another green tea which worked well iced and I actually preferred it that way. My second steep took on a melon flavor that just worked well iced.

I think this would be a great green tea for people who don’t normally care for it. This doesn’t have the grassy taste that many people seem to dislike.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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I am always interested in swapping so if you see anything in my cupboard that you want to try just send me a message. Please keep in mind that I order most of my teas in sample sizes and may not have a lot to swap. I’m also trying to keep my swaps limited to one a month so I don’t break the bank.

My favorite tea companies to order from are American Tea Room, Rishi, TeaVivre, and Single Origin Teas, however I am constantly lured away from my favorites by a good sale.

Ingredients I love in tea
rose, peach, oolong, osmanthus, vanilla, marshmallow root and peppermint

Ingredients I dislike in tea:
spearmint, chocolate, orange, hibiscus, sage and for the most part lemon.

I am a firm believer that sage only belongs in my thanksgiving stuffing/dressing and absolutely not in my tea.

Allergies
Cinnamon, Chocolate, Burdock Root, and Goji Berries

Teawares:
FORLIFE Curve Teapot, 24oz
Adagio ingenuiTEA, 16oz
Adagio Iced ingenuiTEA, 32oz
Zojirushi Water Pot, 4L
Libbey Country Fair drinking jars for ice tea
TeaVivre Travel Gaiwan

Rating Guidelines:

100 – 90: Pantry essential and some of my all time favorites that I can’t live without.

89 – 80: You’ll have a pretty good chance of finding this is my pantry on a regular basis, but it isn’t the end of the world if I run out.

79 – 70: I might consider restocking this at some point if the price was right.

69 – 40: Not undrinkable, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy it again.

39 – 20: What in the world were they thinking? Probably still finished this just because I hate to waste anything.

19 – 0: Wow, that’s so terrible chances are pretty good I dumped it out and gave away the rest.

My current top five favorite teas:

China Black – Rishi Tea
Earl Grey Cream – Zen Tea
Lemoncello – American Tea Room
Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang TieGuanYin Oolong – TeaVivre
White Tea Rose Mélange – Rishi Tea

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Oregon, WI

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