Backlog: Catching up on reviewing samples today. I was sent this tea as part of Teavivre’s spring collection and have not yet written them up. This is a shame, because I enjoyed all the teas in the collection. I’ve also just realised that I sampled this tea two years ago. So, how is the 2015 picking?
The leaves are tiny curls that expand a little in the pot to create a grassy bed in the teapot. It’s times like these that I am pleased that I use a glass teapot for these teas.
The dry leaf has a savoury spinach aroma that is evident in the liquor too. The liquor is a lovely yellow-green colour. It has notes of spinach and nuts with that savoury edge to it, but the flavours are delicate rather than strong. The aftertaste has a slight minty note to it, cooling in the mouth. The vegetal notes dominate the aftertaste while the savoury element lurks on the edges. This is a lovely refreshing tea.
Flavors: Nutty, Spinach, Vegetal
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Hello Beserker!
Hello, mrmopar. :)
Been a while. Hope you have been well!
Mostly ok. Kinda snowed under with multifarious unproductive things and a much smaller number of productive things to the point where writing about tea has had to take a back seat to everything else. Still, mustn’t grumble, worse things happen at sea! I did find time to help a friend out with this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBUGQkpk3RE
He does a pretty good job of summarising a core element of my thesis into a 12 minute video. Not all the viewers are happy with the conclusions though! :)
sounds tasty
Hi, Kirk. Yes, I found it tasty. It was as good as, if not better than, the sample I tasted a couple of years ago, although that could also be a function of the continuing development of my palate.
cool
Hello Beserker!
Hello, mrmopar. :)
Been a while. Hope you have been well!
Mostly ok. Kinda snowed under with multifarious unproductive things and a much smaller number of productive things to the point where writing about tea has had to take a back seat to everything else. Still, mustn’t grumble, worse things happen at sea! I did find time to help a friend out with this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBUGQkpk3RE
He does a pretty good job of summarising a core element of my thesis into a 12 minute video. Not all the viewers are happy with the conclusions though! :)
sounds tasty
Hi, Kirk. Yes, I found it tasty. It was as good as, if not better than, the sample I tasted a couple of years ago, although that could also be a function of the continuing development of my palate.
cool