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Golden Monkey from Apollo Tea

Steepster Score 11 Ratings Rate This Tea

75/100

Golden Monkey

Black Tea by Apollo Tea

This is the highest grade of Golden Monkey tea available on the market. It is hand sorted to insure a beatiful leaf appearance, resembling monkey claws. Grown high in the Wuyi mountains this tea is the true find for connoiseurs who like full bodied tea with an exotic character and abundance of flavor.

12 Tasting Notes

trapper

Golden Monkey is an excellent everyday tea! I enjoy this tea with a brew time 4 min and the water temp at 200 very savory! And it makes the BEST ice tea! Even add a mint leaf during the steeping and you have a refreashing drink to pick you up in the middle of the day

dictionary
75

love this tea. has a sweet aroma and it tastes as sweet as it smells

hottie
75

Incredibly complex full character. Full body, but avoids being overbitter. Strong earthy tones, and a very slightly sweet tone as well.

ussr
75

Incredibly complex full character. Full body, but avoids being overbitter. Strong earthy tones, and a very slightly sweet tone as well

minnie
75

This tea has a lightly sweet, mushroomy flavor and scent which I really enjoyed. It reminds me of Silver Needle that has turned black.

Milana
75

This one is a great tea.
I still think Monkey Picked Golden is more exclusive, but it’s more expensive as well I believe.

ivanushki
75

Nice tea for anytime really, Im normally not a fan of black teas but ill be stocking this tea.

trucker
75

Let me tell you, you have to try it to believe the great taste that golden monkey delivers

goody
75

A great black tea. I brewed this Gong Fu style and got SEVERAL steepings out of the leaves. The colors are terrific, and all the subtle flavors are amazing, it has a kind of fruit like smell and taste (without being sickly sweet or overbearing), blending nicely with the familiar taste of a good black tea.

notta
75

Incredibly complex full character. Full body, but avoids being overbitter. Strong earthy tones, and a very slightly sweet tone as well

Teagirl
75

Quite interesting tea. It is amber in color, very gentle taste with a strong bouquet. I brew it when I want to drink something nice or when I want to please guests

jenga
75

More difference than i expected between this and monkey picked golden. Personally, i liked this one better, but that’s just my opinion. Anyone else agree?