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Like the first flowers poking up through the snow in New England, this was the first tea of the new season. Snow Dragon tea is light and sweet, and quite pleasing to the eye as well.
This is so light, I could easily mistake it for a white! The leaves are so long and light that I may have misjudged my leaf amount. It isn’t unpleasant, but I will say it is an extraordinarily subtle cup.
I steeped this for 2 1/2 minutes in 175 degree water. It is very smooth, not grassy or buttery, but perhaps lightly nutty. Like most of my friends! I think of golden fall fields and crisp leaves as I drink it. There is also the taste of melted frost, fresh and clean.
The leaves are long and rather aesthetically interesting – a mixture of frosted green with lighter down-covered leaves populate the tin. As far as aroma of dry teas go, this is a clear favorite, it is simply delicious to smell. The leaves brighten as they brew, to a lively green-yellow that is slightly brighter than tea, which makes for an attractive setup. The aroma in the cup is rather pleasant as well. I find this tea to be very elegant, not at all buttery and just mildly earthy. The brewed color is a light pale translucent green – but be on guard, it steeps quickly and does not get darker. The body has the feel of a medium tea in the mouth, and is rather crisp and more mellow than some of the Japanese greens. This tea is a unique green and one I intend to have in constant supply.
First opening it and smelling it, it smells like fresh air on a nice spring day. I can’t get over it, I love the way it smells dry. After brewing it the smell changes and becomes more earthy, not grassy, there is a little bit of the cooked greens smell, but not a lot, still very light. It doesn’t taste like a traditional green tea, and I like that. It taste like it smells: fresh, clean, and slightly earthy. Definitely making a few more cups out of this today.
I bought this more on a whim to qualify for free shipping than because I was really interested in it. Wow! I used to think I didn’t like floral anything teas, but the floral scent/taste is lovely. I find it light in the mouth & the floral taste to me isn’t overpowering (husband thought it was much stronger). Very pleasantly surprised.
