This was in the latest batch of free samples from Angel at TeaVivre. Thanks, Angel! I was a little bit confused by this tea, is it a white tea or a sheng? Either way, I figured I’d try it tonight. The dry leaf is in flakes, since it’s been broken off of a cake. The leaves are a darkish brown/green color. The smell is amazingly honeyed with notes of sweet dried fruits and hay or sweet dry grass. There was nothing in the instructions that said how much tea to use, so I just put a few pieces in until it was about a teaspoon and a half or so. Steeped at 200 for 6 minutes.
Yum, the aroma is super strong raw honey! I also get the same sweet dried fruit and hay from the dry scent, along with autumn leaves and tobacco. I can definitely see similarities to sheng here – it has a lighter version of that eucalyptus/menthol taste that I’ve gotten in shengs before. Lovely roasted hay and autumn leaf notes, along with a slight grainy taste. It’s overall quite sweet and honeyed, yum. I’m getting a little bit of the tingly tongue and I can feel this tea’s influence on my heart rate.
Overall, very good and unique for a white tea. I’m not sure I would purchase this, since you have to buy an entire cake. I guess technically I could just buy multiple samples of it. :P
Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Eucalyptus, Grain, Hay, Honey, Sweet
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It’s a sheng made from white tea :)
Thanks for clearing that up! I’ve been wondering. :P
This is so intriguing! I didn’t like the sheng I tried before, but a white tea sheng? I might like that!
mj, did you get this round of free samples? If not I can send you one of my packets.
I didn’t, so that would be awesome! My cupboard is woefully out of date. Let me update it and then you can see if you’re interested in trying anything I have. I won’t get to it today, but I’ll PM when I have it done. Thanks :)
It’s a sheng made from white tea :)
Thanks for clearing that up! I’ve been wondering. :P
This is so intriguing! I didn’t like the sheng I tried before, but a white tea sheng? I might like that!
mj, did you get this round of free samples? If not I can send you one of my packets.
I didn’t, so that would be awesome! My cupboard is woefully out of date. Let me update it and then you can see if you’re interested in trying anything I have. I won’t get to it today, but I’ll PM when I have it done. Thanks :)