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A friend of mine told me if I like premium tea and am already a fan of California Tea House then I’m really missing out if I have not tried their Golden Monkey Paw and Yunnan Golden Buds. So, like any other person who can’t turn down a good recommendation, here I am drinking my first cup of Golden Monkey Paw, and I have to tell my buddy Dave, “Dang! You are right!”
This tea is so perfectly clean, full rounded and just simply delicious. I guess I have to buy the Yunnan now.
This is a hearty Oolong. I am a big fan of Oolong and a friend told me about Big Red Robe. I can’t wait for my next cup. I have to say, this really has my attention. It’s delicious. I’ve never had a tea that left me feeling like I had breakfast! This is like a Brunello Montalcino. I say start your day with Big Red Robe and end your day with Brunello and you’ve had a great day!
Preparation
I had to redeem my day. It has been a rough one with two plane flights, delays, etc. Man, what a relief it was to open this bag of rooibos tea and be taken in with the smooth flavor and aroma! This is one of the creamiest teas I have ever had. I’m relaxed and ready for bed now.
I’m going to have to try this again at a longer infusion time…I thought it was nice but thought it would have more Lemon Meringue taste. How long did you infuse for!? I really want to find that correct time to enjoy my cuppa to the fullest extent! I still have high hopes for this one!
I think it was around 5 or 6 minutes. Full boil and then I drank it much cooler. I’m in love! ;-)
This lightly flavored green tea is quite the treat! It’s a little lime with even less coconut taste so for those who aren’t sure about flavored greens you might like this! It’s juicy and sweet and fun! Not much for a smell and it’s typical green tea looking liquid but still nice!!!
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The dry leaf smells odd. It doesn’t smell like melon or yogurt or white tea. It’s really hard to describe.
Wet leaf smell – a vegetable – but I couldn’t tell you which one.
It’s a typical white tea color for the liquid.
And smells like white tea.
The taste…well, it tastes like white tea! I can taste a melon taste…more like a honeydew melon. Can’t taste a yogurt taste but you can tell something makes it smoother…so I will chalk that up as the yogurt!
Thumbs up for being a creative blend. It’s tasty and refreshing. Regardless of how hot the water may be it seems to give me a warm and cozy feeling even after sipped/swallowed.
FUN.
It’s a Rooibos ever so slightly flavored with lemon meringue – steeped for approx 4-5 minutes…was hoping for more lemon meringue flavor…will steep for at least 7 next time.
Lemon Meringue Pie tea are you kidding me? This sounds amazing!
Sounds totally yum to me too.
I love Lemon Meringue Pie Rooibos. I have it every night! Enjoying a cup right now. It’s a soft, smooth creamy lemon flavor.
that sounds AMAZING!
@CaliforniaTeaHouse.com = How long do you suggest infusing for? Maybe I didn’t wait long enough!? Will certainly try again!!!! :)
This is the woodiest oolong I have had in a long, long time. Maybe I over steeped??? I will try this again. It’s ok but I’m not convinced it’s an award winner in my book…yet…that could change, however…I will try it again. For now…it’s just OK.
mmmmmm
The dry leaves smell different to me than other dragon wells. I usually notice a papery smell but this particular blend smells vegital. I didn’t think that was possible because I didn’t think dried veggies could possibly retain the green smell and I still don’t think actual food can but these dry tea leaves do.
The vegital smell in the dry leaves disappears with steeping leaving toasty and sweet broth with no detectable spinach type flavors which I had been expecting because of the smell. This is an extremely light tea and I will experiment with longer steep times to see where the over steeping point is and how robust the flavor can become.
Mouth feel is more on the dry and airy side. This does not feel like a robust tea on this steep but again I will experiment with long steep times to try to pull the robustness out.
Preparation
Vanilla…check…creme…check…earl grey…check…
Lighter in color but not in taste…quite flavorful!
Nice
You sure have access to a lot of tea! How many cups do you drink per day?
At least 6 a day…but usually more…norm is somewhere between 6 and 12-ish most days…esp during the work week
Vanilla and cream sounds delicious. Earl Grey… ehhh…
Cheers to that!
How’s the caffeine uptake on this one? What kind of leaves do they use for the tea, is it china black?
