Cantaloupe Bai Mu Dan

Thank you Mercuryhime for sharing a sample of this with me!!
I do enjoy this.
It is very milky and creamy and like another reviewer said, brothy.
Its not an in your face cantaloupe which is nice because its natural and not artificially flavored and I do see how this would make an excellent iced tea! Im not patient enough to try it though and only have this one cup :)
It smells AMAZING and there is a part of me that wishes it had a bit more of a punch to the flavor but I can appreciate a natural flavor over artificial any day. I guess my only request would be CAN Frank make it a bit stronger flavored with the natural died cantaloupe?

Thanks for a sample of this one, LiberTEAS! Completely forgot that I had it (actually, because I didn’t catalogue all the samples from you, there are a ton of surprises in there! I am a bit worried that I’m going to ask someone to swap me something I have hidden in there, but oh well – the mystery is more fun :) )

The dry tea smells like cantaloupe, and definitely reminds me of Butiki’s Cantaloupe & Cream, although perhaps a touch less delicate.

Steeped, there’s not too much smell. Ooh, but it tastes pretty good! Very similar cantaloupe flavour to Butiki. Missing the cream though, which definitely makes it a bit less appealing, but that’s ok. I’m just getting a bit of white tea flavour at the end of the sip.

Overall, quite nice, but having had Butiki’s version, I’m ok that I can’t buy this one. Although granted, it would have been cheaper.

Anyhow, thanks again for the sample LiberTEAS!

ETA: Second infusion, about 160F for 6 minutes, still tastes cantaloupey, but I’m finding that I’m longing for the creaminess of Butiki’s version. I don’t know if this would hold up to another infusion, but I think I’d rather try something else tonight!

Yay! I was so happy to open the mailbox and find my 52Teas package inside. I actually have a few other teas waiting for me to taste them today, but, when this arrived – I decided to postpone tasting the others for just a little while and have a tasty cantaloupe treat.

Nice! The flavors are very delicate. In that context, the melon does not overwhelm the bai mu dan. There is a fresh, light grassy taste to the white tea that unites very nicely with the melon and the result is very soft and silky. Very nice melon taste.

My taste has returned! I mean, mostly. So to celebrate my ability to taste and smell and breathe through my nose, I decided to try one of the teas Uniquity so generously sent me.

I picked this one since it was the strongest smelling tea of the bunch so even with my nose at 80% performance level, I’ll be able to taste the flavor. When I first opened the pouch, I got a strong whiff of chocolate. After my confusion died down, I sniffed again and found the cantaloupe smell hiding underneath. Awesome. Chocolate and fruit! So I brew it up (with a giant chunk of dried cantaloupe that I plan to eat later) and I get this lovely yellow liquor which smells equally like cantaloupe and chocolate. “This is going to be awesome,” I think to myself as I take my first sip.

mmmmm…. The white tea flavor is pretty strong and mellow. The cantaloupe flavor is just the right strength. It neither overwhelms nor fades into the background. At the end of the sip, there’s a brothy richness that’s a surprising but very enjoyable. I still get a suggestion of chocolate in the taste, but mostly, it’s fruity and summery. It tastes great cold as well. I think this white tea would have been delicious even without added flavor, but the cantaloupe is a sweet touch.

I love the experience of a quality white tea, but I don’t like the caffeine headache and jittery-heart-pounding-ness I get. I’m just so sensitive to chemicals and drugs. I can’t even drink more than half a bottle of beer before I’m flushed. I’m sad that I can only have white tea sparingly, but I’m grateful for the opportunity to experience such tastiness.

Thanks LiberTEAs!
This wasn’t overly Cantaloupe-smelling but the taste is really great! It’s like the cantaloupe taste right near the rind if you know what I mean! YUM! Juicy and melony!

I normally wouldn’t pair a fruity tea w/ a meal, but I had some left over tzatziki sauce from the Greek chicken we had for supper the other night so I had it w/ some fish sticks and served a 16oz glass of this w/ it.

Cucumber in the tzatziki echos the pickle in tartar sauce- bingo.

The melon (of course) pairs beautifully w/ the cucumber and comes across just as wonderful as it did when it was paired w/ cucumber for Frank’s Cucumber Melon Green Tea. I normally don’t get “juicy” from a tea like a lot of others do, but this is juicy. I had this cold so I think that added to the ease of me finding that quality.

Hey, Frank… what about a tzatziki tea?

Well I thought that this would be a great tea to cool off after a workout, I thought iced would be perfect with the flavor. This tea upon first sniff smells like alfalfa… hmmm not to sure about this! Once again the smell reminds me of home since I grew up on a farm where we grew alfalfa, but not sure I want to drink it!

I brewed this up and it was a very very pale light green liquor. The tea still smelled like alfalfa but now wet… not to appetitizing to me. First sip it is a very mellow tea, I mmostly taste the white tea which I do like but with just a bit of melon but the more towards the unripened melon. Not to sure about this.

After drinking the glass I decided that this tea was refreshing but not really sure I would buy it again. I really liked Frank’s Watermelon tea and was hoping that I would get that same juiceness but I didn’t get that from this tea.. maybe I need to mess around with time I steep.

This tea is perfect! Def a must have. Going to order more right now! Finally a 52Tea I love! The perfect way to make my not so perfect morning better!!

Thanks Frank!!!!!

I’ve been reviewing a bunch of yerba mates and rooibos teas (rooiboses?) lately, and this is the perfect tea to cleanse the palate after the relative heaviness of those. The cup brews up light and sweet, but not too sweet, just the right amount of fruit sugar over a base that’s clearly a good quality white. Not quite summer in a cup, but it definitely gets me looking forward to the season…and maybe having a tall glass of this iced.

Okay, first impressions: The dry tea definitely smells like cantaloupe, but the smell is a bit off somehow. I presume that it’s the difference between fresh and dried cantaloupe. Steeping it in my usual imperfect office situation leaves me a little leery but I didn’t have time for a tea this morning and I need something – Figured I’d go for another of my new 52Teas. After my issue with the Peach Cobbler last night, I’m looking for another solid tea.

It’s steeping up a pale yellow liquor, as whites are wont to do. I always have an issue in believing that the tea is properly steeped when the liquor is so pale. Honestly, the little weirdness in the smell is making me nervous. Sort of like cantaloupe that needs to riped some more, when you eat it under-ripe and too close to the peel.

Luckily, the taste is actually quite nice. if I can get over my weird smell aversion, this will be a lovely refreshing cantaloupe cuppa to enjoy occasionally. Certainly not an every day tea, but good for occasions. Would probably be delicious iced. And maybe with some liquor and/or fresh cantaloupe in it.

Poor cup – after my first few sips I forgot to take the leaves out and over steeped it. Still nice enough, luckily.

I really, really like this blend. I’ll steep this mellow melon up If i want to ease into the morning without a rough, wake my behind up, type of blend. Puts a smile on my face and hints of Spring weather in my mind.

I am not exactly sure who I was following that first suggested this, but I am so glad it was in stock when I placed my order. This is delicious. A lot of people in our area farm cantaloupes, so when they are in season, I must eat at least two a week. After my disappointment in the chocolate mint tea I was ambivalent about this one. However, the people at 52teas really hit this nail on the head. I felt like I was drinking summer.

Thanks again to every one who suggested this. I will definitely be trying to keep this in my cupboard.