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Golden Monkey from Silver Leaf Tea

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76/100

Golden Monkey

Black Tea by Silver Leaf Tea

Grown in the Fujian province in China, this tea is amongst the finest of black teas available. A flavorful full bodied tea with rich and spicy exotic characters and sweet undertones with a clean refreshing after taste. Good any time.

4 Tasting Notes

TeaEqualsBliss
86

I am doing a lot of mini cups…about half the size of my normal cup size just for samples so I will be logging a lot today.

This is sweet yet peppery, on the verge of chewy, too. It has a nice medium-brown color with orange hue to it.

This is a yummy cuppa

mrawlins2
62
mrawlins2 3 tasting notes

I started my day with this tea and it was decent. The leaves weren’t as golden as I had hoped given the name but the smell was very malty. The tea ended up being very smooth, slightly earthy, and malty with a slight chewy quality. It sort of reminded me of the Golden Bi Luo but less earthy. I really like this tea but I think I would enjoy it more in the afternoon as the tea is not very strong for a breakfast tea.

After returning home from my errands today, I couldn’t decide which tea to have – the possibilities were endless since I now have milk!!! I perused the tasting notes for a bit and became inspired by JacquelineM so I’m now having Golden Monkey.

This tea smells so malty and delicious once milk is added that I am in love before even tasting it. There is a slight caramel edge to the end of the sip that is so unexpected and lovely. I think Golden Monkey is a perfect breakfast tea for me (even though it is 3pm). Where has Golden Monkey been all of my tea drinking life?

This rating will be boosted because it really needs milk to reach its full potential and I did not have any last time.

Finishing up the last of this tea today….it is alright. After reading reviews about Golden Monkey, I really expected this one to be maltier, fuller, just more of everything. If nothing else this tea makes me want to find that PERFECT Golden Monkey, but sadly this one just isn’t it. I’m slightly adjusting the rating downwards due to this revelation.

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