34 Tasting Notes
Fruity white tea! At first it made me think of peaches, but for the second steeping it just reminded me of generic fruit, if there is such a thing. :) This seems like a fairly indestructible white tea, I used water that was too hot and steeped it too long and it still tasted great. The flavor lingered for a while after I drank it. Not really a tea to go with food, at least the turkey sandwich I had with it. The sweetness counteracts the turkeyness. For some reason this is a really crunchy tea; the leaves just flake apart.
Preparation
Nope…nevermind… I take back the part about multiple steepings. Second and third infusions stay sweet but don’t have the same grassy kick..still good though. I finished the last of this today in the process of making room for some new additions to my tea stash and I forgot how good this one was. I always end up steeping this one a little on the hot side but it still came out sweet with only a slightly astringent aftertaste. The sweetness fades as the tea cools off though.
This tea seems strong enough to maybe make a good iced tea — I left alone for a bit and the room temp this time of year is enough to chill it ;)
Preparation
Technically I’m not a Gemini—my husband ordered tea for me and used his birth date instead of mine and I’m really glad he did. This turned out to be one the best flavored green/white teas I’ve had, and I’m kind of picky about flavored teas. Peach complements green tea well. I steeped every bit of the tiny tin for as many times as it took to suck all of the flavor out of the leaves and this tea has made it on my wish list for when I eventually clean out my tea stash.
Preparation
Definitely one of the lighter green teas I’ve had this week — it has exactly the right amount of grassy-ness. I haven’t got it to stand up well to multiple steepings. The first cup is great but the second cup loses a lot of flavor. The third and fourth steepings are a little better but still not as good as the first.
