87 Tasting Notes

30

First of all I don’t like the white tea used as a base here, it tastes very close to green tea and feels heavy for a delicate strawberry flavor. Strawberry pieces are extremely scarce, my 1/2 oz sample contained only one so it looks like all the flavoring comes from artificial additives.
The tea is very sensitive to water temperature, if brewed above 185F it gets bitter and unpleasant to drink.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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40

Ginger is overpowering in this tea, at least I think it is ginger… so ginger haters beware! I didn’t notice it provide any help to cope with stress, it’s just isn’t potent enough for that.

Preparation
Boiling

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80

Tastes like generic Silver Needle if such thing exists. Not bad but nothing special either, kinda dull. Holds up to 3 infusions.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 30 sec

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80
drank White Peony by Adagio Teas
87 tasting notes

My favorite white tea from Adagio. Mellow and light, with a touch of Silver Needle sweetness. Highly enjoyable.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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60
drank Silver Needle by Adagio Teas
87 tasting notes

Decent Silver Needle. Slightly sweet flavor, not very aromatic. I was able to get 3 quality infusions out of it. My sample contained a noticeable amount of broken leaves. Would not buy again, there are much better Silver Needles out there.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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90
drank Applemint by TeaGschwendner
87 tasting notes

Refreshing and not too minty at all, tastes herbal . Goes well with dessert.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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40
drank Early Riser by TeaGschwendner
87 tasting notes

Minty-minty-pepperminty.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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I’ve been drinking loose leaf tea all my life. I always take tea plain without adding any sweetener or milk to it. Would love to swap for tea, feel free to contact me about it.

Teas Ratings:

1-9 Undrinkable
10-19 Hardly drinkable
20-29 Strong dislike
30-39 Dislike
40-49 Unpleasant but still has some merits
50-59 Average tea, no strong feelings either way
60-69 Good solid tea, isn’t worth repurchasing for some reasons
70-79 Quality tea, might repurchase once in a while
80-89 Great tea, will keep in my regular rotation
90-100 Outstanding tea, staple of my collection

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