Verdant don’t ship to Australia so I am getting to taste this tea thanks to Sil who has very kindly sent me a whole range of samples to sip through. Thanks again!
Sil offered to send me these teas because I posted in the discussions that I wasn’t convinced that Verdant teas were as good steepster made them out to be, I mean, can any one company on a website that ranks hundreds really be performing so well without some kind of bias? I had no way of knowing because I had no way of trying Verdant teas.
So what do I think of this tea and Verdant after my first tasting?
I’m impressed. This is a really lovely tea with complex flavours and that natural sweetness that I just adore in tea. I tend to separate my teas into two camps, the “pick me up” teas and the “chill out” teas, for me this is a chill out tea. Probably not the best choice for right now as I have a thousand chores and some grocery shopping still to do and not many hours left in the day.
This tea is obviously of very high quality and if it an indication of the quality of all Verdant’s offerings, maybe I was wrong. I also have a sample of the coveted Laoshan Black which I am really looking forward to trying.
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woohoo! looking forward to seeing what you think of them. Golden fleece is not my favourite of the bunch so it’ll be interesting to see what you think of others heh
One thing I learned right away about Verdant Tea’s was to follow their brewing instructions online for each tea and not what I normally do with other tea’s. I prefer this tea in a gaiwan but Laoshan Black is way better western style by the pot with enough leaf. Hope you don’t mind me making comments, but I’ve been drinking these tea’s for almost 2 years.
bonnie – yeah that’s probably one of my only complaints, the generic brewing instructions on the back of their packages since most of their teas don’t follow those instructions to be the best they can be haha
I’m always telling people to ignore those instructions and go to the website! It’s soooo important! Every tea has it’s sweet spot for brewing although I know what to do if there are no instructions.
Of course I don’t mind your comments Bonnie :). I looked this one up and followed the online brewing instructions (western) because the instructions on the back didn’t look quite right to me. I’ll definitely try gongfu brewing for this next time on your recommendation. I’ll give the the Laoshan Black a whirl in the morning too as it is what I’ve been most looking forward to.
woohoo! looking forward to seeing what you think of them. Golden fleece is not my favourite of the bunch so it’ll be interesting to see what you think of others heh
One thing I learned right away about Verdant Tea’s was to follow their brewing instructions online for each tea and not what I normally do with other tea’s. I prefer this tea in a gaiwan but Laoshan Black is way better western style by the pot with enough leaf. Hope you don’t mind me making comments, but I’ve been drinking these tea’s for almost 2 years.
bonnie – yeah that’s probably one of my only complaints, the generic brewing instructions on the back of their packages since most of their teas don’t follow those instructions to be the best they can be haha
I’m always telling people to ignore those instructions and go to the website! It’s soooo important! Every tea has it’s sweet spot for brewing although I know what to do if there are no instructions.
Of course I don’t mind your comments Bonnie :). I looked this one up and followed the online brewing instructions (western) because the instructions on the back didn’t look quite right to me. I’ll definitely try gongfu brewing for this next time on your recommendation. I’ll give the the Laoshan Black a whirl in the morning too as it is what I’ve been most looking forward to.