Peach Blossom

Apparently I cannot see tea without doing my best to buy some of it. Tonight, I picked this one up. Honestly, I got it because the dry leaves smelled like Samovar’s Jasmine Peach Bai Mudan – and thus also like Kasugi Peach gummy. But brewed up, it’s not as similar. Sure, there’s peach. A lot of peach. But the smell has a little sharp, almost alcoholic edge to it. Perhaps the tangerine?

Where Samovar’s version of a peach-flavored white was Kasugi Peach gummy all grown up, this is more straight gummy. I don’t really get the tangerine except maybe as an added edge to the taste. The peach taste is pretty much the same in the two teas but this one doesn’t have the smooth, soft edges or the subtly fuller taste. Which, while disappointing, is pretty much what I was expecting. It’s not a bad tea and I’m pretty sure I’d like it more if I hadn’t had Samovar’s first.
3g/6oz

Picked this up today at Williams Sonoma it was on sale because the expiration is for the end of this month (or so says the bottom of the tin) and so I thought $6 what the heck I’ll either drink it fast or make iced tea out of it and then it will definently be used quick!

Opened the tin to the joy of peachy, tangerine scent what a fabulous smell for a tea! Steeped it up and the more it cools the more flavors I get I think the peach makes the tangerine stand out and it is a most delicious cup!

Update: bumping this one up a little because it is so delicious.

Steep Information:
Amount: 3 tsp
Water: 500ml filtered 185°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL (White, Custom)
Steep Time: 5 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: light white peaches
Steeped Tea Smell: sweet peach, a little vegetal
Flavor: peachy, orange? citrus, light, sweet
Body: Light
Aftertaste: a little citrus tart, but not in a bad way
Liquor: translucent honey yellow-brown

Gift from the loverly SoccerMom I had it on my shopping list so she sent me some.

It’s yummy, but very light, luckily this, my first cup of tea for the day, was around lunch time. This is not a kick you awake tea, it’s more a sip while nibbing something and relaxing tea.

Images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/06/rishi-tea-company-loose-leaf-white-tea.html

Dear Peach Blossom,

I love you. I’ve only had you as a cold brewed iced tea but your nummy light tea fruity taste has won my heart. I’m almost scared to try you hot because you’re divine cold. You will always have a place in my cupboard.

Love,
Rabs TG

Thanks LiberTEAs!
This is really YUMMY!

The peach is unlike any peach or peach blossom I have had yet but I really like it! It’s a cross between a (less than juicy) peach, peach blossoms or flower/buds, gentle floral notes, white tea, and a lemon/orange combo. It’s down right tasty tho! Very nice!

This was a staple time tea for me all last summer. I don’t drink a lot of white tea normally but this is quite a tasty blend of peach, tangerine and osmanthus flowers. I drink it hot and quite like it that way, but last night it got the cold brew treatment and I’m having it iced this morning. Sweet and refreshing.

Wow, it’s been awhile since I had a few minutes to post something on Steepster. (Work’s crazy and we moved, too, but still on the East Side, lest I’d have to change my nom de plume.)

White teas are typically too frau-frau for me, so I picked this up for my wife, who typically gravitates more to green and white teas than I do (I’m more of a black-tea kinda guy). However, this stuff is good, and I’m drinking it as much as she is.

The peach thing nicely complements the white tea, which is kinda subtle on its own. (Try Rishi’s Snow Buds if you want the pure white stuff.) And Rishi’s Peach Blossom is equally good iced. With its relatively low caffeine content, this tea is a particularly good after-dinner tea that won’t keep you up all night. A nice tea if you want something fruity, but with more depth than your typical mass-marketed herbal.

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Nice to be able to hang with everyone again.

Yum! This is really lovely. The peach and the tangerine notes come through gently, and the white tea tastes light and refreshing. Soft and delicious. I like this one a lot.

I bought a pound of this last yer and just finished it off. I stored it in a cellar, and it is still light and delicious. I like white teas, but generally prefer an addition, and the peachy deliciousness to this rocks. I think I like the smell of the dry tea even more than the taste. I always use boiling water, and rarely time my steeps because I just steep it until I want to drink it. This is yummy.

Excellent blend of white tea and peach flavor. Very subtle and calming. A bit expensive though.

Imagine if you will, a tangerine basking in the hot sun, then splitting the rind of that tangerine with your thumbs, and smelling the fresh fruity flesh; that’s what this smells like! Sharp and tangy with streams of citrus that’ll light up your nostrils. The tea itself tastes less intense, which is a good thing I think! Its like tangy lemonade without all the sugar, so it’s much easier to enjoy (and with oranges instead of lemons…). wow, my tea descriptions are so graceful (/endsarcasm).

Don’t steep too long or takes on the taste of bitter rind.

I really love this tea!!! A hint of peach, that enhances the white tea, rather than distracting from it! Just the way a white tea blend should be :)

I’ve found that when it comes to sharing with guests or gift giving, this is a great route to go, because it seems to appeal to most palettes! Everyone seems to either really like fruity teas, or really not like fruity teas… and this one bridges the gap!

Stumbled across this tea at my local Coop and bought enough for a pot or two. While I was scooping some out of the container the aroma was very strong. But, it smelled of real peach, not an artificial peach smell I’ve encountered with some other teas.

The peach flavor very well balanced. It is not strictly sweet—it has a little bite to it, which rounds things out nicely. The white tea doesn’t seem to contribute too much, which isn’t too surprising since it doesn’t take much to overwhelm a white tea.

I think I’ll be buying more.

Gung fu in Yixing Gaiwan
1st 4 sec not overwhelmingly green somewhat fruity
2nd 6 sec the sweetness of peach is condenses and taste more extent
3rd 10 soft green taste with more bitterness very tangerine over peach
additional steeps at 3 min each demonstrates longevity of leafs

My Mom picked me up a can of this from Whole Foods and I must say I am enjoying this a lot. Love the peach flavor. I was worried it would be a little overwhelming due to the strong peach scent from the dry leaf. But the brewed flavor is a good balance of peach. I like that this tastes just as good if not better iced. Definitely glad whole foods carried this because I am not sure if I would’ve ordered it from their online site since I normally don’t go for white teas. But now I would get it again for sure. Yum!

I love white tea and I love peaches. However, until I had this tea I had yet experienced a peach tea that I really loved. But I keep trying. I picked this up at the store tonight.
Finally, this one does it. The tea and the citrus fruit is very well balanced. It’s subtle but not too subtle. It’s mellow but not too mellow. Just wonderful.

This has always been one of my favorite Rishi teas and something I got hooked on at one of our local coffee shops when I had cut down on my caffeine habit. I generally drink it hot, but it’s perfect served over ice on a really hot day or with a little honey or sugar to sweeten it up.

Perhaps I brewed this too cool, or too weak, but I simply didn’t get much from it. It is very light, perhaps a good afternoon tea. It didn’t hit the mark on an autumn morning, though. The flavor is not peachy enough, nor could I trace the subtleties of the white leaves that I usually find in Rishi’s high quality arsenal. It has the more bright, sharp flavor of citrus and less of a juicy stone-fruit quality.

2nd Brew: Better. I brewed it more strongly and with hotter water than I usually would for white, bringing out a more juicy tendency.

The best white peach tea I’ve had to date. The peach flavor was strong (how I like it) and I thought the other citrus notes complemented it well. Tasted good through two brewings, wasn’t able to try a third. Also, chilled the tea and makes a fantastic iced tea.

Smells amazing, taste was best with a little organic cane sugar. Look forward to trying this one as an iced tea.