White Monkey

Alright… I’m in love with this tea. This tea is amazing. I love LOVE love it.

One of the best green teas I’ve tasted in a while. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need some alone time with it.

Thanks for this one LiberTEAs!

I’m listening to Janis Joplin at the moment and it’s kind of fitting with this tea…this tea has talent, it’s bluesy but mellow but strong at the same time. It’s sweet but a little rough around the edges but in a good way. I think this tea is great!

Subtle, boiled potato flavor. Hints of spice and cataloupe.

Quite tannic.

Delicate, but with a “kick”!

No monkey business here, just a wonderful tea that my humans think is fab. http://lyt-tea-reviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/review-thepuriteacoms-white-monkey.html

I love the color of this tea. Love it. From the side it just looks like a light yellow, but from the top it’s pale green. Think of the lightest shade of seafoam ever. I hardly even want to drink it because it just looks so pretty in my glass teacup.

The taste is mellow and honey-sweet. There’s just a bit of the vegetal taste I associate with green tea. This is the tea I normally offer to friends who flinch at even the smell of strong green tea (which is still shocking to me — who doesn’t like good, strong sencha?).

Experience buying from The Puritea: < More later, but overall positive >

Age of leaf: I was not able to find this information on their website. : (

Packaging: This was a sample that came in three separate tiny, thin silver bags, that had the name of the tea on them (and nothing else).

Appearance and aroma of dry leaf: Similar to Adagios’s White Monkey I had tried the day before: spicy and vegetal, but not as strong smelling as Adagio’s; looks similar to Pi Lo Chun: light and dark green curly leaves.

Brewing guidelines: Glass Bodum pot with tea leaves moving freely about. Stevia added.
……….1st: 172; 1’
……….2nd: 178; 1.5
……….3rd: 187; 2’
……….4th: 187; 3’

Color and aroma of tea liquor: smells slightly sweet; yellow-green color.

Flavor of tea liquor: good: standard green tea taste, with a spicy note; had some flavor on the forth steeping.

Appearance and aroma of wet leaf: Not as many fragments in the water as Adagio’s when steeping. All of the leaves were floating on top for each steeping. Overall good quality leaf: few broken pieces and lots of full leaves and plump buds.

Value: very reasonable. $20 / 8oz.

Overall: Although the leaf looks to be of better quality than Adagio’s, this one is not as tasty. I do like the ‘spicy’ flavor in it, though (as I do with Adagio’s). This is a good tea for the price. Not much else to say about it.

Nice subtle taste. Very satisfied. Everyone should try this tea!

I also tried this tea today. It reminded me of pi lo chun. It is a delicate tea with a sweet note. I enjoyed it a lot, and would recommend it to anyone who loves mellow Chinese teas.