Glendale Silver Sparkles (Spring) Nilgiri White Tea

Tea type
White Tea
Ingredients
White Tea
Flavors
Cucumber, Garden Peas, Grapes, Zucchini
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Caffeine
Low
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Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Anlina
Average preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 6 min, 0 sec 2 g 8 oz / 236 ml

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  • “Another Glendale Estate tea. The dry leave is silvery green buds, all very uniform and lovely. It smells very faintly of sweet hay with a touch of green. The steeping recommendations suggest 1-2...” Read full tasting note
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This specialty addition from the Blue Mountains is a rare opulence. Perfect for any evening, this delicate white tea is so prized that only experienced tea pickers are employed to pluck them. The leaves are processed with great care to preserve the silvery white fuzz that surrounds them. This long, silvery tea fetches record prices at auctions each year. The infusion has a mild floral notes and a mellow texture. It finishes off fresh, vegetal notes.

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Another Glendale Estate tea.

The dry leave is silvery green buds, all very uniform and lovely. It smells very faintly of sweet hay with a touch of green. The steeping recommendations suggest 1-2 teaspoons of dry leaf per cup. I was having a hard time fishing leaf out of the bag with my spoon, so I shook out 2g, which looked to be roughly 2 tsp.

The recommended steeping parameters suggested 85-95C for 3-4 min. I typically enjoy shorter steeps and lower temperatures, so I started with 85C water for one minute. No flavour. Two, then three, three and a half, four… I think I finally settled on about six minutes and this still tasted like barely anything, even though the liquor steeped up to a pretty intense gold.

Hot, this isn’t worth drinking. Cooled to luke warm, it’s very delicate but lovely. The nose is very grapey. On the palate it’s fresh, light and cooling, with notes of grape, cucumber, fresh peas and zucchini.

Don’t drink this one with anything else on your palate – it gets easily overwhelmed.

Flavors: Cucumber, Garden Peas, Grapes, Zucchini

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 6 min, 0 sec 2 g 8 OZ / 236 ML

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