Upon opening the bag I see a dark green tea. I get whiffs of a creamy, vegetal tea with a hint of smokiness. Brewed this up gaiwan style at 175F. The wet leaves smell sweet, vegetal and creamy.
Taste reflects the smell. There is first a sweetness that hits your tongue and a wonderful green vegetal taste with a creaminess coating your tongue. At the end of the sip is a slight saltiness with a hint of smokiness.
In later steepings I started to get hints of something else and couldn’t quite put my finger on it (or would that be my tongue?). Searching though other tasting notes I found what I was looking for…walnuts. I believe I found that in Amy Oh’s tasting note.
This tea by no means blew my mind like most Verdant teas do, but it doesn’t mean it’s not a good tea. I just find Verdants green teas to be a little less mind-blowing than their other teas.
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Agreed. But I personally find it hard for greens to be mind-blowing in general. They can be nice and Verdant’s are some of the nicest I’ve had, but they don’t have me bouncing up and down nor swooning.
As much as I love green tea, I find that it is very difficult for green tea to stand out from the pack.
I love green tea, but I always seem to expect more out of it even though I know I shouldn’t.
exactly
I don’t even own tea balls or baskets.
Sorry Jim the comment jumped to the wrong post and I erased it. Someone else was putting Dragonwell in a teaball which I think might not make the leaves the happiest.
Woo, I was starting to reread my post thinking that I had typed about using a teaball! I can’t remember the last time I used one.
Agreed. But I personally find it hard for greens to be mind-blowing in general. They can be nice and Verdant’s are some of the nicest I’ve had, but they don’t have me bouncing up and down nor swooning.
As much as I love green tea, I find that it is very difficult for green tea to stand out from the pack.
I love green tea, but I always seem to expect more out of it even though I know I shouldn’t.
exactly
I don’t even own tea balls or baskets.
Sorry Jim the comment jumped to the wrong post and I erased it. Someone else was putting Dragonwell in a teaball which I think might not make the leaves the happiest.
Woo, I was starting to reread my post thinking that I had typed about using a teaball! I can’t remember the last time I used one.