Pear Helene

I have to admit that I only had a small sample of this tea, but it was so good I wanted to make sure I at least recorded my initial impression.

Pear is one of those delicate flavors that’s really difficult to get into a tea without resorting to artificial flavors. This green tea does an excellent job of highlighting the flavor.

The tea itself is (for lack of a more masculine way to describe it) pretty. It’s a vibrant green with flecks of yellow and gold and contains small nuggets that look like gemstones. These are the candied pear bits.

Prepared, this is a smooth green but maintains some of its pleasant grassiness. You can taste the pear and it’s a clean, crisp version. It’s not artificial or overly pronounced.

At first sniff, the scent of the tea is intensely sweet. I made the first batch too strong and while good, the result was so sweet it was like sucking on a Jolly Rancher. I learned from that and recent batches have been much lighter. It is an extremely fragrant tea. Half my pleasure in making it comes of getting that scent all over my kitchen.