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“I went to go enter this into the database and I couldn’t find Andao online. From which I conclude that this is another now-defunct tea company. I’m pretty amazed. I didn’t think I was out of the...” Read full tasting note
Origin: Fujian Province
Harvest season: Spring
Company description not available.
I went to go enter this into the database and I couldn’t find Andao online. From which I conclude that this is another now-defunct tea company.
I’m pretty amazed. I didn’t think I was out of the tea loop that long.
But that means there’s no picture and no real description of this that I can upload. I did find out by looking at Wikipedia that the name means Green Snail Spring and it’s because the leaves are rolled into a snail-like spiral.
I didn’t have much time to pay attention to the leaves when I made this this morning. I just steeped it, poured it into the Timolino, and jumped in the car.
This is a light but flavorful, buttery, vegetal green tea. It’s more “green” and less vegetable in flavor, lighter on the vegetable side than the mao feng and the mao jian I’ve had recently. I can’t say I like it more or less than those. It’s about the same in terms of how much I like it, just different in flavor.
I think I’ll have to rejigger the ratings on all of these as I see I rated the mao jian a 78 and yet I like it better than some of the black teas I’ve rated the same. For now, though, keeping this the same as the mao jian. I’ll fix them all later.
