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Decided to drink (one of?) my sample of this today. Possibly Monday too, if I decide I can stand having the tea sit out for that long. Probably not though. I can’t remember if this was a free sample or one I purchased so I’ll just throw a shout out to Verdant anyway.

I haven’t liked oolongs much so far, but I’ve had incredible luck with the teas from Verdant in broadening my horizons with really good tea. This one is slightly roasty, and sweet. And I can definitely taste the bready-malt taste in the aftertaste. Like you’ve just eaten a really nice dense bread with nothing at all to go with it. Sometimes I eat sourdough like that. I don’t really get much floral from this, though it’s showing up more as the tea cools down. This is a very interesting tea.

So I was a bad person and brewed this Western style and also added a bit more sugar than usual in hopes that this would be palatable to me because I have yet to like a pu’erh, sheng or shu. But I keep trying, especially what Verdant sends me. The whole purpose of the membership is to expand my horizons after all. All of my notes on this tea should be viewed through that filter.

This tea still has that weird pu’erh aftertaste that I always get in the back of my throat, but upfront it’s actually not bad. I taste fig and raisins mostly. Maybe a little bit of vanilla in the tail end of the steep but I can’t tell if I actually taste it or if it’s the power of suggestions since I read the description. In any case, I don’t hate this, so I’ll probably continue drinking this and actually steep it more than once.

Craving something sweet and this unfortunately did not rise up to the challenge. Was still enjoyable though.

This note is for the 2013 offering.

This is my last tea to try from May’s ToTM club offerings. This month has oolongs so that will be interesting. I don’t generally like green or oolong tea, but the last 2 green teas have proven me wrong.

This tea also isn’t terrible, but it isn’t as good as the other 2 I tried (Spring Harvest Laoshan Green and Mrs. Li Shi Feng Dragonwell). This one becomes bitter after sitting in the cup for too long and tastes more like grass. I much prefer a beany green.

This is very beany. I didn’t drink this cup warm, though I will try for the next cup I made (I always make 2 at once). I taste this as very vegetal, a little minerally, and quite pleasant to drink. I don’t always like a green tea, in fact I usually don’t, but these ones from Verdant are really quite pleasant.

I love this matcha so much I can’t even.

I really like mint. This just hit the spot.

Felt like some berry matcha today. I really need to bring in some new flavours. I certainly have enough unopened packages to choose from at home.

Green tea isn’t really my thing, but this month’s TOTM classic club selections were all green tea and I got twice the amount as normal because I was signed up for the bundle club also so… yeah, may as well try these. I mean, I was going to anyway, but this way I have some I can put into the TTB B too. Anyway.

This seriously tastes like vegetables. I’m not quite sure it tastes like specifically one vegetable, although it might because I’m not good at identifying tastes so much beyond the obvious and black teas rarely taste like vegetables. If I were to guess, I think the combination of soy beans and green beans might be accurate but that’s not quite what I’m looking for. I know I’ve eaten whatever this tastes like before, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

I did add some sweetener to this, and brewed it Western Style. Not enough sugar to make it taste sweet, but enough to cut the natural bitterness.

Backlogging from last Friday, because I totally forgot. This was sweet and simple to make and nice. I enjoyed it from what I remember. Trying to empty some bags on my desk.