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Green Tea by The Mountain Tea co
While Taiwan is best known for its oolongs, its unique climate and terroir is actually perfect for making any style of tea. This rare Taiwanese green tea was plucked from the Qing Xin bush – a varietal bred for its buttery flavors, velvety mouthfeel, and strong floral notes.
Enjoying a cup of this tea thanks to Azzrian … thank you for sending me some of this!
This is really nice. It took me a few sips to sort of figure it out, because it is different from most green teas … from the dry leaf – these leaves are HUGE! – to the flavor, it is softly vegetal, mostly buttery, and smooth. It has a very delicate flavor. Think a Silver Needle delicateness with the taste of a green tea rather than a white tea. That’s what I taste. It’s very refreshing and light. I like!
I couldn’t find this one in the steepster database so here we are.
Thanks Azzrian
This one is nice. It’s a mellow-vegetal flavor with a naturally-saltiness almost.
This one of two teas I ordered from Mountain Tea’s Black Friday sale. I don’t have any plain green teas in my collection – the closest being some Genmaicha – so I decided this would be a good opportunity to try some!
This tea is different from any plain greens I have encountered. Even the look of the dry leaves is unusual – large, dark and curled. It brews up into a pale green-yellow liqueur. The taste is very smooth, vegetal and curiously salty. It reminds me very strongly of the sea.
I think this tea is quite nice, though I find that it’s more enjoyable in small quantities. I say this because whenever I brew an entire pot, I start out enjoying it, but after a while the taste will become a bit overwhelming. Just an observation, but otherwise it’s a nice change from the usual sencha!
