Bai Mu Dan (White Peony)

This is the second tea from Steepster Select’s November “Migration” box that I’ve tasted. I can see the connection to “Migration” with this tea … the dry leaf is whole, dry and crisp, just as described on the card insert.

This is a wonderful Bai Mu Dan… sweet and flavorful. I can taste the melon-y notes, especially as the tea cools.

I received this tea as part of Steepster’s Monthly Tasting Notes sampler pack, and
I decided to begin with this one since I had enjoyed sampling a lychee tea of similar quality.

Liquor color is gold
Leaves color are green on one side and not quite silvery but darker on the other side
Aroma soft fruit, hinting to melon

This tea is made to be refreshing and drunken easily; it is light in body with no astringent. In steeping this tea for just 2 minutes with several infusions yielding each time a refreshing, easy drinking tea that is full of soft fruit flavors and melon notes. I did not find any sweetness lingering as in description; perhaps the absence of astringent one can derive at describing it as sweet and mild.

Over all tea is very soft and does not leave any lasting impression. it is subdued tea, if there is such a thing.

The best version of this style of white tea my humans have tried so far: http://lyt-tea-reviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-canton-tea-companys-bai-mu-dan.html

So I got this sent to me from Jason from the Surplus Giveaway, this happens to be the first tea I tried from the box! Huge thanks and kudos to him! :D
So I’m a huge fan of the White Peony from DAVID’sTEA, and because of that, I was intrigued into trying this tea because of my love for the one at David’s. They both in comparison have a different level of crispiness, I feel as if the one from DAVID’sTEA is a lot more crisp but I’m not quite sure, the taste in this one may not be right because of the way I steeped it, the bag came with no instructions so I just used my gut instinct. Nonetheless this tea has such a nice refreshing taste to it, a good break from all of the dessert teas I drink, and my constant abusing of my tin of Ginseng Oolong. I will most likely try this tea iced the next time, but I have a physics lab report to start and finish tonight, but other than that, this tea has made my day, and satisfied a craving I didn’t realize I had until after my first sip.

A beautiful tea with a light sweet floral taste and several other notes that appeared and disappeared including a sweet plum and a tease of champagne. It has a great deal of subtlety. It is a beautiful tea as well, from the perfect little leaves to the golden brew.

Did I put honey in there? No, but it sure tastes like I could have. Really nice white tea with just the right amount of sweetness. I wish I had more.

This one you can get a smell from a couple feet away. Not strong, but there.

This doesn’t have a lot of flavor, to me. It’s a bit sweet in the back of the throat, with a generic “tea taste” on the tongue… but mostly is just seems weak and watery. It tastes like I’d have to use a huge amount more tea for water amount to get a decent flavor going.

Not impressed, not a buyer.

This is one of may favourite teas, beautiful refreshing flavour and a real reward.

I love white tea. I really wanted to love this tea. But I’m coming to the bottom of my sample, and I’m just not feeling it. It’s supposed to have this nice, sweet taste, but I’m not tasting it. I even let it cool down a bit (actually, it’s about room temperature now, oops) but nothing comes out for me. I think my taste buds are broken.
It’s not unpleasant by any means, but I’m not running out to buy it. I’ve tried steeping it longer, too. How disappointing.