The Jade Teapot

The smell in the package is incredible. Smells like a summer day. The taste in my cup was a little too prefumey for my tastes. I drank it, it was good.

My daughter came by today and started brewing this tea up. At 3 infusions, the orange begins to shine through. At four infusions, the taste changes to a Japanese green tea. This tea has multiple personalities! She did all this in my Chatsford, which I have NEVER done, because I thought the leaves needed more room..but once again her fearlessness shines through with tea:) She began brewing at 3 minutes and increased each subsequent brew by one minute.

Nice amber brew with a delicate taste of orange. I love to drink this after a meal:)

I am on a roll with great teas from The Jade Teapot!
This is a dark Oolong with a mere hint of orange. Smooth brew. Classic Oolong taste. Good for multiple infusions. I easily got three really good infusions, did not try for a fourth, getting a bit too light. I loved watching the leaves unfurl in my new glass teacup:)

Trying this tea again tonight. Better than last time. I used 3 scoops for my teapot and brewed for 2 minutes. You can really taste the bite of the ginger. I am not too fond of the grassy smell coming from my cup. I am wondering if this has too much other stuff in it…I have discovered that I like straight black teas better, mayber I woul like green tea better plain.

First I got this as a sample. Loved it. Bought a 2 ounce tin. Have not liked it so much since:( It just tastes like hot water.

Refreshing lemon taste with a nice ginger touch in a nice green tea base. This is the BEST green tea blend I have ever had the pleasure of sipping. Good for multiple infusions. Nice after dinner tea.

I pulled this out of the tea drawer and decided that since I am exhausted mate would be a good choice. I find myself wanting more from this tea. More chocolate, more mint. This is probably not the tea’s fault, I actually did not have quite enough leaves for the size pot I made it in. I remember this being a bit stronger, but it is still good today. I added a touch of sweetener/half and half which helped to bring out the chocolate flavor.

Second steep of this is a little underwhelming. It could be that I am a bit under the weather and my taste is probably way off.

I am really enjoying this tea this morning. I really like mate, but I’m not sure if this is the mate for me. This isn’t really an every day mate, and that is what I would like to have. MateVana had more of an everyday appeal. Regardless, I am glad to have tried this and have enough for one more pot. I may eventually order this, but I think my next mate order will be more of a plain mate that is appealing as a breakfast tea.

This is even better with a bit of milk and sugar to really bring out the chocolate flavor. It is actually very similar to the mint chocolate oolong I have, although this chocolate/coffee and the oolong is more mint.

I love the way this tea looks – like green and brown confetti. The smell is mostly chocolate, but you can locate the mint if you try. The taste is exactly what it sounds like it would be – chocolate mint. It does have the same type of mate flavor that I got from MateVana, which is great because MateVana is one of my all time favorite teas. I really like this tea, but the jury is still out on whether I like it enough to order some. I think I need to try a few other kinds of mate before I commit to one.

Getting a little less bergamot on this second steep, sort of defeats my purpose for liking this tea. Oh well, still good.

This is really good even though I used less leaves than I normally would (that way I have enough for another pot!!) This tea is making my crave green teas….I didn’t even think I cared for greens. Huh, strange.

The leaves of this tea are a pretty good size and produce a honey/citrus colored liquid rather than a typical green tea color. The smell is very clean with a hint of bergamot, which is consistent with the description.
The tea is very smooth and clean like some greens, and thankfully, the bergamot covers up any of the typical grassy, bitterness that may be present. That is wonderful for me because that quality is what I dislike from green teas and why I generally steer clear. This is actually really good. I have found that I can get at least 3 infusions that are very consistent in quality and flavor. I will try pushing that limit a bit – if this tea can handle more than 3, the rating will be raised.