Green Bouquet

I was a bit scared to try this one since I can be iffy with flavored greens and I had such a not fun experience with the other “Bouquet” tea Kusmi has, the Bouquet No. 18 or something. But this actually isn’t bad. It’s not great or anything, but the bergamot flavor is mild and blends well with the heavier type of whatever green tea Kusmi uses. There’s a bitterness that seems to build as I keep sipping but I attribute that more to the tea base than the flavoring and it isn’t entirely unpleasant. It’s not really bitter and not really salty. It reminds me of the taste of sea salt, which I find nice, especially when compared to the regular Morton’s table salt. Most Chinese greens give me table salt salty – this gives me a flavorful sea salt taste, softly kissed with a hint of slightly floral bergamot.

It’s not stellar or anything, but it’s respectable and I don’t hate it. I don’t love it either, but it’s not near as bad as I was fearing so thumbs up.

Smell…green grass/plant and flower smelling cigar…like smell…

The green tea is VERY powerful…so much so that I hated the taste at first. I am going to try this one again right away because the leaves expanded so much that I think it was my fault for starting with too much of the loose leaf…so stay tuned…

The smell of the dry leaves is amazing! I’m a fan of bergamot, and this tea has a nice balance of flavors and green! The leaves look like gunpowder.

Once brewed, the liquor was a nice deep orange-yellow color. The smell was less intense but still delightful. The taste was great! I can imagine this can become bitter if brewed for too long or too high a temperature. It had a fruit aftertaste that lingered in my mouth. Delicious and it wasn’t strong either. :)