Guilded Lotus

After steeping for 5 minutes (water at 180°F), the bulb did not completely open and the flavor is very light. I can taste the sweetness of jasmine as well as the sweetness of the green tea. Overall a pleasant tea experience, not my favorite flowering tea but it’s certainly not horrible either.

Brewed this up at work. Freaked out my co-workers :) Not a bad tea. French Pressed it. It’s just ok to me.

Not sure why this is called Guilded Lotus as Primula lists the ingredients as green tea, marigold, and jasmine.

I prepared this in my French press using 12oz of boiling water. As with all the green tea pods in the Primula variety pack the dry bloom smells strong of jasmine. The bloom was completely intact after adding the water. As it began to open it quickly sank to the bottom and began to release trapped air bubbles. The air had enough force that it knocked several petals of the flower loose. It eventually expanded into a massive yellow flower. Quite pretty.

I let it steep longer than intended as work got in the way. The brew was bright golden in the press and much deeper in the cup. The taste is primarily jasmine at the front of the sip. This is followed by a bit of bitterness and then a rush of sweet floral goodness in the aftertaste. With the following cups I was careful not to over steep. They had the same jasmine followed by sweet floral without the bitterness in the middle. This is maybe the sweetest tea I have tried. An interesting cup.

Lovely packaging, bloom, and slight to medium jasmine scent. Light in color. Delicate taste. You can smell and taste both the green tea AND the Jasmine. Very Nice. It says 3 steeps but I think I can get more. 1steep great. Other steeping resulting coming soon…

I’ve been freaking out office mates all day with this flowering tea in a glass mug. It looks a little Star Trek, it’s green tea tentacles undulating in the cup, like it could climb out and suck your brain. That’s one way to look at it I guess. It’s decent green tea with a rosy jasmine scent, too.

I love the way blooming teas look and taste, however I do find them difficult to drink because I hate the way the leaves and flowers tickle my lips. Or maybe I’m supposed to remove the bloom first? Am I doing it wrong?

This was a free sample that came with a teapot I ordered. Man was this a treat – reminded me of the liquid sugar drink they give you at the end of a Japanese meal.