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There is no way that this tea was really a Gyokuro. It didn’t even taste like it was Japanese! Broken leaves made me question if this was half-way to becoming a Matcha, but really it was just T2 over-charging for a low-grade sencha.

I was a little disappointed when I tried this tea from T2. While I love Jasmine Pearls this one had a faint chemically aroma, and the tea tasted flat. It might just be the shop I bought it from was outside the CBD so might have done less business. Or it could have been the water. Either way though T2, in my opinion, has priced this tea a tad bit too much.

Jasmine Pearls is one of my favorite teas. I like the subtle flavors of the Jasmine and the slight nutty ness from the green tea. This is an acceptable Jasmine Pearl. It wasn’t the highest grade, and I found some Jasmine petals in my package (not a good sign).

Be careful to not let yours over-brew though.

Still tastes alright. Which is what matters. :)

Margaret’s Hope is a very famous estate in Darjeeling that most tea shops carry. Unfortunately I found this tea to be a bit bitter and and too astringent while lacking the beautiful muscatel tones that I love in Darjeelings.

A good basic white tea with plenty of white hair on the tips. Didn’t have too much flavor, so I left mine for a very long time, making a darker color. It was a little pricey though.

This may be more a fault with the actual tea estate, but I found a high number of stem and twig in my package. It might just also be the quality that Cultured Cup is buying. Pretty bland and not really expressing the characteristics of Ceylon teas that I love.

Its a pretty mediocre green tea. I’m ranking this slightly higher than I did with the Dragonwell I tried from Tea Source mostly because Dragonwell is suppose to denote a quality, and I felt that it “failed” worse.

And its not to say that this tea failed, it just tastes slightly stale to me. Like a green-tea you’d get from your local cafe where everyone only orders coffee (and the barista has forgotten there was any tea at all).

It reminds me a lot of gunpowder green tea, which probably isn’t a good thing. Faint chestnut aroma that really just reminds me of over-cooked bok choy or some other stemy leaf green.

An alright first flush darjeeling. Unlike Lisa I found it to be very typical, quite green and fresh. Maybe Teasource sent the wrong tea? No muscatel tones or really anything of distinction.

While I’m not too keen on flavored teas, I like Anteaques’s Blue Lady. Its fruity tropical blend isn’t too strong and provides a good afternoon tea.