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“Mmm, it’s hard to believe that this isn’t a flavoured tea because I could distinctly smell notes of citrus and spice and something that makes me think of chocolate when I opened the sample package....” Read full tasting note
“When you take in the aroma of this delightful tea, you are met with the gentlest notes of oranges and cloves; this citrus-spice combination gives the tea its subtly sweet aroma. The light bodied...” Read full tasting note
“Having a hard time rating this one, so this tasting note is going to be something of a placeholder, with a soft score. This is a very subtle white. It’s so subtle that there isn’t much flavor to be...” Read full tasting note
“Chris_s gave me a sample sized package of this as a gift. I really appreciate getting to try it since it sells for $30/2 oz. It’s like gold. And it’s color is also like gold; a light gold...” Read full tasting note
A rare white tea with a light, sweet, sublime flavor. Another rare tea plucked and made just for us. These are the terminal buds of the tea bushes grown high in Ceylon. They are handled carefully so the bud remains whole and will become silvery. Since there is no leaf, there is no traditional tea flavor.
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Accidentally oversteeped this by about 30sec longer than planned, but it tastes nice. Lightly vegetal, lightly sweet, an all around nice white. Using my new Zojirushi which I have set to maintain temp at 175F, so this was a little cooler than I normally steep my whites at.
Approx. 1.5tsp to approx. 10oz of 175F water, steeped for 3min 30sec.
Re-steeped the leaves several hours later. 8oz of 175F water, only 3min steep. It’s lighter than the earlier cup, but still has those same sweet notes. I admit that I hardly ever re-steep tea and the few times I have (when it wasn’t an oolong) I got distinctly astringent/bitter notes so I tend to stay away. This suited itself well for re-steeping.
