Golden Monkey

I’m from close enough to the South to have a great appreciation for Sweet Tea. I’ve had Golden Monkey hot and liked it, and the flavors led me to believe it would make a nice Sweet Tea. Rather than test this theory, I just jumped right in, brewing about 1qt of concentrated tea, adding sugar, and diluting to 2qt. Now I’m sitting down with my first glass.

It is exactly as fantastic as I had hoped. It’s very sweet, like Sweat Tea should be, but more importantly, it was fantastic layers of flavor. It is refreshing and fantastic.

Making my way through Adagio’s black sampler. I’ve never been much for hot black tea (other than Earl Grey) but, this one’s the forerunner so far.

This is not at all what I was expecting, but I love it. It tastes better than it smells. It is so smooth and light, yet creamy at the same time. I can barely taste the chocolate that other people are talking about, it’s more of an after taste. It’s delicious.

This is probably my current favorite black tea. So light and smooth. After about the third steep, I think it loses something.

This is a very tasty black tea. It has a bold, malty flavor without being at all bitter or overpowering. I started out drinking it plain, then added just a little bit of sugar to sweeten it slightly. Both sweetened and unsweetened, it has a very smooth flavor. Definitely one I’ll be enjoying more of.

Brewed up malty and delicious! Pleasantly sweet aroma to the leaves and a wonderful mouthfeel.

This is a Fantastic Tea. Very smooth and earthy.

I was a little disappointed at the first cup, which seemed to be a good but unremarkable black tea, but after about five or six minutes of steeping the second cup revealed a rich, complicated set of flavours, with a particularly strong blend of malty caramel and wheat toast. Definitely benefits from extended steeping time.

Dark Dark amber
Sweet aroma, reminds me of honey.
has a malt flavor, not bitter.
smooth flavor.

I think I am in the mood for this kind of tea which makes it more delicious. This tea is bold, not bitter, full-bodied and slightly sweet. I wouldn’t say that it’s spectacular, but it’s nice for this evening. Full and mild at the same time!

When I was first getting into tea, this golden monkey was my favorite. It is naturally sweet with a beautiful golden color.

Slighty malty taste

This is one of my all-time favorite teas.

very surprised with this tea; it was excellent. Very flavorful with a lost lasting after taste and a medium body; very enjoyable!

Not necessarily my cup of tea (ba doom chik) but it’s a nice, tasty number. Kind of overwhelming, actually, which is odd to say since I usually like full-bodied stuff. Perhaps the divergent tastes here are what’s confusing my palate. Good, though, if you like that sort of thing.

Nice stuff. So far, really bitter unsweetened. I’ll need to take my temp down a few degrees. With sugar, though, it gets really interesting as the taste reminds me a lot of coffee.

thought it was excellent on first taste; second taste i’n not so sure. i’ll have to see about the third time

I made a second cup, because I though that the first was a little weak. Yup, still on the weak side. It tastes a little grassy to me, but then I’m partial to greens for their lightness. Maybe it’s my stuffy sinuses, but this comes across my palate as pretty simple and straightforward. I let this steep longer, since it was a re-brew, but it didn’t go bitter, which was good. The longer steep mad the flavor come through a little bolder, but it’s still one of the lightest blacks that I’ve ever sampled.

Although this is a fine, bold black tea, I find it to be a bit much for my tastes. I haven’t compared it to others in the same class and might find them overwhelming, as well. As a fan of more of the lighter, less intense teas, I recommend it for those who like the heavier flavors and not so much for others.

For some reason, I have great luck with black teas with the word “golden” in them. A good everyday tea, not mind boggling… but sometimes I don’t need to be boggled.