Golden Moon Sampler Tea #29
And then we all pulled out the white tea at the same time!
So I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know Chrysanthemums were edible. Drinkable. Whatever. And I also totally thought that this was just a straight white tea. Oh well!
So since I didn’t realize that the stuff was edible, I can’t really say that the knowledge that it was in the tea made me happy or disappointed. Intrigued is the furthest I’m willing to go. It WAS kinda neat to see the flower among the tea leaves, but that’s about it.
After drinking the tea, I still don’t really have an opinion. If the mums are providing some sort of extra dimension to the white tea taste than I either don’t have the required white tea baseline to be able to differentiate or just did not get enough of them in my sample to judge. This tastes basically like white tea, very light, kind of reminiscent of hay. There’s a slight bite and a sweetness in the aftertaste that may or may not be the mums, it’s a little reminiscent of chamomile maybe. As the water cools the chamomile note starts getting stronger. Interesting.
I can’t say that I’m that enamored of straight white tea, and as far as chamomile goes, for one thing there is my regrettable association and subsequent nausea, but aside from that I prefer it in foxtrot or chacha. So I’m pretty meh on this tea.
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HAY! I think that you nailed it with the hay – for me it was much stronger. Maybe I had the temp too high and it became more aggressive?
When I think back, I may have used too much water, which would account for yours being stronger. Mind you, it worked out well for me, since I didn’t really WANT more of that taste. :D
HAY! I think that you nailed it with the hay – for me it was much stronger. Maybe I had the temp too high and it became more aggressive?
When I think back, I may have used too much water, which would account for yours being stronger. Mind you, it worked out well for me, since I didn’t really WANT more of that taste. :D