Thé des Signes - Dragon

MF No. TJ7DR
Green tea with goji berries.

An original gift for those born in the sign of the Dragon and a unique way to extend good tidings for the New Year.
Inside the handsome red tin whose form recalls the Temple of Heaven, Mariage Frères has bestowed a green tea blended among Tibetan goji berries. A superfruit from the Himalayas – rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and amino acids – to which the Taoist quest for immortality has for centuries attributed exceptional medicinal values as well as the reputation of an extraordinary elixir of youth.
The lush cup is cool with a slightly tart sweetness, a silky texture, and a full-bodied, fruity finale that leaves you smiling as the Year of the Dragon takes off.

Lacquered tin canister, silk-screened by hand.

How to prepare this green flavoured tea :

Measure out 3 g of tea for 20 cl of pure, filtered water.

Bring the water to a simmer (about 85° C)and let the tea infuse for 4 minutes.

Enjoy!

2 Tasting Notes

Ysaurella

I’m back on steepster …with a Dragon tea.
Mariage Frères does a special edition each year with a tea for the Chinese sign of the year.
until February it is the Dragon sign…so I hurried to buy it because it won’t be available after this date.
I wanted the tin…but the scent pleased me very much as well so I rushed after work Place de la Madeleine to buy it + 200 gr of Pleine Lune and 100 gr of Oolong Fleurs d’oranger. I am poorer now but happy with my teas.

The tea taste is not so promising as the scent. I think the green tea base should be similar to Sakura 2000. There is just a hint of slight astringency but very very very slight.

It is a fruity tea (goji berries), incredibly perfumed but not unforgettable.Anyway MF doesn’t sell it by weight to refill so that’s great, I have a beautiful tin to put another tea I love more.

I have no more brown crystal sugar (no way to find some here in my new town)…so I will give another try asap I find some in Paris.

2013-01-29 16:52:49 -0500

185 °F / 85 °C

4 min 0 sec

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cteresa

I coveted this tin and the others of the same series, or just about almost all of Mariage Fréres special edition tins. I always resist due to prices and so far, when I have had a chance to try those teas I am glad I have resisted the impulse. This is nice, but not quite dazzling enough for that sort of prices (unless you think the tin worth it, and from what I have seen it just might be).

Ysaurella very kindly sent me a sample in a swap and rereading her taste notes I pretty much agree with everything. Wonderful fruity smell, rich juicy goji berries, a grassy slightly astringent green tea, a very refreshing tea. I think this would make a great iced tea! But somehow not quite a great blend for my taste.

And I can not help but wonder, are they going to make a tea called Rat when it cames time for it?

2013-02-18 06:20:42 -0500

180 °F / 82 °C

4 min 30 sec

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