Laoshan Pine Needle Green from Verdant Tea

Laoshan Pine Needle Green

Tea type
Green Tea
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Flavors
Chocolate, Cream, Fish Broth, Honey, Kale, Lemon Zest, Lettuce, Pine, Roasted Barley, Cookie, Seaweed, Beany, Creamy, Mineral, Roasted Nuts, Smooth, Sweet, Butter, Vegetal, Grass, Peas, Soybean, Spinach, Vanilla, Fruity, Astringent, Roasted, Vegetables, Milk, Anise, Green Beans
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175 °F / 79 °C 1 min, 0 sec 6 g 8 oz / 232 ml

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  • “dry leaf smells of toasted rice, hot chocolate, and cream tastes of cream, baby lettuce, seashells, cod, barley smells like lilacs, cream, and honey roasted whitefish later infusions consist...” Read full tasting note
  • “Another sample Hoalatha sent my way! Had a previous session with it and finishing up the last of the sample today. Dry leaves have a fruity aroma that becomes more mineral once the leaves are wet....” Read full tasting note
  • “First Saturday off in 6 weeks :). Enjoying this tea and relaxing for a while before tackling the to do list. My 21h/week job starts monday and I therefore know that I’m going to have a lot of time...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Continuing my mission to plow through more unflavored teas, I came to this green tea from Shandong Province. A product of the He family in Laoshan Village, this is one of the more unique green teas...” Read full tasting note
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From Verdant Tea

This special fall harvest is the very first for this brand new tea! This innovative tea is first carefully curled before being pulled straight – all by hand. The result is a flavorful brew that lasts through multiple steepings, with honey aroma and sweet notes of watercress, mandarin, and soybean – a signature of all Laoshan green teas. This tea is fed by mountain spring water, picked by hand, and cultivated sustainably using traditional chemical-free farming techniques.

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368 tasting notes

This tea brews up with an amazingly pale cup for how powerful the aroma of both the wet leaf and liqueur are. I am enjoying my mug immensely even though it looks almost like it is just full of hot water.

This tea has a strong, grassy base, but there’s no bitterness at all. There’s a kind of soy milk smooth, nutty sweetness as well.

(again, I’m brewing this hybrid style in a large pot, lots of leaf and very short steep times – I’m looking forward to my more typical [and recommended] grandpa style when I get back home from the holidays)

Flavors: Grass, Milk, Peas, Soybean

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 0 min, 15 sec 15 g 25 OZ / 750 ML
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152 tasting notes

This tea has a grassy vegetal aroma. It tastes sweet, vegetal, and creamy with notes of soybean and peas.

Flavors: Peas, Soybean

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 5 g 5 OZ / 147 ML
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676 tasting notes

Once again a very nice Laoshan green varietal. This autumn harvest is sweet and crisp like butter lettuce. Notes of soy, green beans, sweet corn, anise, and flowers. While I like this tea I don’t quite love it. It may be that I’m finally starting to tire of Laoshan green teas. I’ve been finding myself craving sencha and kamairicha more than other greens these days.

Flavors: Anise, Green Beans, Lettuce, Soybean

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 0 min, 30 sec 2 g 3 OZ / 96 ML
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derk
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Butter lettuce is best lettuce. I’m feeling a move toward Japanese greens in the coming months. I may have to pick you for some recommendations soon if you wouldn’t mind.

LuckyMe
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Absolutely. I can’t say that I’ve had too many great Senchas this year but I can help you steer clear of the less than stellar ones. The most memorable one I’ve had was Yuuki-cha’s Kirishima Asatsuyu Sencha. It was super fruity and umami rich. A little different from your typical Japanese greens. Saemidori Kirishima Sencha is also good if you’re looking for a fukamashi with a deep grassy flavor. I have one en route to me from O-Cha right now. Will let you know how that one turns out.

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I figured i should make a point of having at least one of my green/oolong teas on weekends since during the week, i rarely drink them. I pulled this one out as i always try to drink verdant’s green teas as close to getting them as possible. This tea has some seriously neat twisty leaves. Admittedly, i had hoped the “pine” in the tea name was because they somehow added pine needles to the tea but that was silly of course. :)

Brewed this is a beany, sweet, green tea. I should do a comparison next week maybe of the several greens i received in the tea of the month club…this one is refreshing. I am a fan of this one so far. Will have to see if additional steeps change it up any.
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Haha I read this and hoped for pine needles too! I’m missing Sleeping Bear blend too much I think lol.

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Backlogged sipdown. Definitely an enjoyable green!
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