Golden Monkey Champagne

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Marigold Petals, Organic Flavours, Premium Black Teas
Flavors
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
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Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by khamilton611
Average preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec 10 oz / 295 ml

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  • “Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – January 2024 Tea #1 – January 1 – Happy New Year First sipdown of the year!  I would say this isn’t the particular Golden Monkey I would want to drink all year, but I...” Read full tasting note
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  • “not my cup of tea TTB Also not my cup of tea either. Eh… I don’t know… this tea just seems very heavy on the palate. It might be the champagne flavoring, but whatever it is, it’s not something I...” Read full tasting note
  • “Not My Cup Of Tea #4 I’m not sure if I understeeped this or if its just not that strong of a tea but I’m really not getting too much flavor out of this tea and I’m definitely not getting any...” Read full tasting note
  • “I love the natural rich, cocoa flavour this tea has. I’m not sure if I can taste much in the way of champagne, though there might be hints of it if I look hard hard enough. The ‘fortune’ is a...” Read full tasting note
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From 52teas

Here’s an awesome Golden Monkey black tea blended with marigold petals and organic champagne flavors. Not only that, each pouch contains a unique fortune for 2015. We are only making 70 of these, so get yours today.

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At 52teas.com, you will find unique, hand-blended artisan loose leaf teas: a new limited edition creation every week of the year. We pride ourselves on offering truly unique, one-of-a-kind tea blends that you won’t find anywhere else.

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Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – January 2024 Tea #1 – January 1 – Happy New Year
First sipdown of the year!  I would say this isn’t the particular Golden Monkey I would want to drink all year, but I definitely wouldn’t mind drinking some sort of Golden Monkey all year.  This almost tastes more like Keemun to me.  I love that the description says there were only 70 of these teas made back in Frank’s day.  I may have gotten 2, 3, or 4 of those 70 samples made in grab bags when the end of Frank’s era inspired a sale.  Still have one sample left (which I just realized still has a fortune in it…)
2024 sipdowns:  1

ashmanra

Congratulations on a sipdown on the very first day of the year! I thought I was going to have a sipdown tonight but there is juuuuust enough left to make one more pot! Maybe tomorrow!

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not my cup of tea TTB

Also not my cup of tea either. Eh… I don’t know… this tea just seems very heavy on the palate. It might be the champagne flavoring, but whatever it is, it’s not something I like. Dump the cup.

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Not My Cup Of Tea #4

I’m not sure if I understeeped this or if its just not that strong of a tea but I’m really not getting too much flavor out of this tea and I’m definitely not getting any champagne notes! There is a slight touch of chocolate or cocoa and a hint of woodiness or earthiness which is nice, I just wish it was a little stronger… Not going to rate as I’m pretty sure the lack of flavor was human error only my behalf…

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I love the natural rich, cocoa flavour this tea has. I’m not sure if I can taste much in the way of champagne, though there might be hints of it if I look hard hard enough.

The ‘fortune’ is a really cute idea, IMO. Mine says “This year: there is a possibiliTEA you will in realiTEA develop insaniTEA from stupid tea puns.”

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 45 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML

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I love golden monkey tea so I thought I’d like this one too. I do! It has that warm, malty, hints of chocolate, and spice thing going on. It has a sweetness to it that might be the champagne flavor but I feel it gets a bit lost in the base (not complaining). It’s smooth and makes a really relaxing cup. I really liked this blend :) And the tea fortune was an awesome idea! I got: “This year you will teach someone not to use the microwave for making bagged tea.” (or something like that,,,) YES! CHALLANGE ACCEPTED. I hate when people do that.

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I enjoyed drinking this- it is hearty and a bit sweet, but to me lacks the sparkling quality of champagne. I think it would have been more present in a lighter base tea but I enjoyed this nonetheless.

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I really like this tea!

I tend to compare my black teas to something like my Twinings Irish Breakfast, or an English breakfast tea. This isn’t anything like those teas. It is very smooth and mild. I love those websites that tell you the tea has notes of this or that…I must have an unsophisticated palate because I don’t taste any of that. I can tell you that it tastes sweet (and yes, I do sweeten my teas because I like them that way, and I might as well drink them how I like them, eh?). I don’t know what the flavor is that was added (there are organic flavors in here, but I couldn’t tell you which ones).

Preparation
3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
Southern Boy Teas

It has Champagne flavors. Did you get a fun fortune?

khamilton611

Something about McDonalds and sweet tea. I don’t care for sweet tea (growing up, we always had the iced tea powder with lemon flavor). I’ve never had champagne, but that must be the flavor…sort of a sweet added on top of the tea. The second steeping, it is not as prominent (which is typical), and now I realize I am getting more of the base, which is still really good and mild.

Southern Boy Teas

I’m glad you are enjoying it. And the fortunes were just meant to be silly.

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