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LOVE! I love most of the teas from Teavivre and I really can’t think of a tea that I didn’t enjoy from them. Some I liked better than others – as it is with all tea companies that sell more than one tea. This one is really good. Mao Feng teas are one of my favorites of the “ten famous” teas, and this is a really good Mao Feng.
I brewed a couple of infusions of this tea for this review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2014/06/18/nonpareil-te-gong-huang-shan-mao-feng-green-tea-from-teavivre-2/
I found that I liked the second over the first and I think I could have probably gotten a couple more infusions out of the tea.
The tea starts out rather delicate, but be patient with it because over time the flavors develop and your patience will be rewarded! Sweet. Notes of fruit which is a little surprising because usually I experience earthier/grassier/vegetative notes from a green tea but not always a fruit note. Here, I tasted a fruity note that was somewhere between green grape, apple and honeydew melon. Nice.
Nutty flavors arrive in the second steeping, as does a slight vegetal note. The second infusion I noticed less of a grape note and more of a melon-like note.
A very good tea. You can’t go wrong with Teavivre!
