Green tea from the Fujian province of China. Green Pekoe (sometimes referred to as Orange Pekoe) is famed as an everyday tea, and is among the most popular teas consumed in China. Its thin, wavy leaves appear almost black when dry. Once infused, however, our ‘Green Pekoe Blues’ reveals its true color. And produces a light cup with a smooth, mellow taste and a gentle, soothing aroma.
By far one of the most delicate teas I’ve ever tasted… I really like. Sure the aroma and flavor could use a boost (which apparently can come from a longer steep) I’m not so sure that’s how God intended this tea to be tasted. Being the first tea I steeped from the Adagio green tea sampler, I’m pretty sure I have a fun couple of weeks ahead of me. Anyways.
Green Pekoe, a light and mellow green tea that is as subdued as her color suggests. Enjoy the nuances and don’t come down to hard on her. :-)
Well, it’s gloomy outside right now and I haven’t been feeling my all lately so I decided to go with a lighter green tea instead of my typical bold afternoon black tea. I’m glad I choose this one. Smooth, light and simple. Just what I need at the moment.
I’m finishing up this tea from my stash today. Will try multiple infusions. It’s tasting a little grassy and gritty so far…
I have to agree with a few of the other reviewers: This tea has very little personality. It is very delicate and has very little going on. It’s not bad—not bad at all, it just lacks any real flavor.
I tried multiple steep times: 3, 4, 5, 6. All producing, more or less, the same flavor. I brewed it at 180, as suggested. I may try 190 or 200 next time to see if I can coax a little more life from this.
If very delicate, extremely subtle tea is what turns you on, then this would be right up your alley.
At 180F temperature, as directed by Adagio, the cup I got was so light as to be almost tasteless. Bumping up the temperature got me a couple of steeps of a mild, unremarkable green tea. Lightness of color is okay, but this was sorely lacking in flavor and aroma. I want more out of my tea than this.
I really need to review my knowledge of greens, as almost all of the ones in the Adagio sampler I got taste almost identical, sans sencha and the gunpowder.
Very mild and grassy, a touch of astringency but overall smooth and soothing.
I don’t know about this tea… I think I might have oversteeped it. I brewed it at 180 degrees for around 4 minutes with somewhere near a teaspoon and a half of leaves. It has a sort of odd aftertaste, but definitely does remind me of pekoe. Maybe I’ll give it another try at 3 minutes?
Accidentally oversteeped it, still turned out quite good.
My second cup of this today, and TeaEqualsBliss is right: oversteeped is the way to go.
An okay, but not spectacular green. The grassy favor is very delicate but tasty. I just wish it was about 50% stronger. I tried steeping it up to about 7 mins and really didn’t extract too much more flavor, only bitterness. At the recommended 180 degrees for 3-4 mins it is a mild green that is very drinkable, but forgettable.
Oh, very nice! It smelled and looked lovely in the tin, but it had a very weak color and hardly any scent at all in the mug — I almost let it steep longer, and then I thought, No, I always do this to green teas; I should just drink it. And I’m glad I did, because all of that loveliness came right back out in the taste.
On my third steep right now, could have used a little more time in the gaiwan but I was impatient
Nice basic, green tea. Little grassy tasting.
Pretty standard, nothing great not disappointing
