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  • “As far as green tea goes this is higher on the oxidation chart. Many of the leaves have oxidized to the point of looking like black tea. American-grown tea has always been a bit dull to me compared...” Read full tasting note
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  • “A Panda Express has just opened near us and we have never eaten there, so we took advantage of the BOGO coupon and gave it a try tonight. I made a huge pot of this tea to go with it. This was a...” Read full tasting note
  • “I am in a bad state to write a tasting note. I have a cough, cold and I feel I lost sense of smell (stuck nose doesn’t help). I am drinking recently mostly homemade herbal blend, but for family I...” Read full tasting note
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  • “This was in a little packet from derk and I’m overdue giving it a go. But green tea always makes me feel like spring and the thaw has begun—it’s a play-in-the-snow-in-your-shirtsleeves afternoon...” Read full tasting note

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As far as green tea goes this is higher on the oxidation chart. Many of the leaves have oxidized to the point of looking like black tea. American-grown tea has always been a bit dull to me compared with other countries. Not to say that this tea is lifeless but I would say it is better for blending. The flavor reminds me of fall leaves, a bit of compost, green wood, and a bit grassy.

Fairhope Tea Plantation Part Two: After the educational sit down with a cup of his favorite blend Donnie will take you around his tea farm. It didn’t occur to me till later that we didn’t get to see the stuff he processes his tea with. I was too enamored with the tea bushes. His green tea reminds me more of Chinese green. As it is yellower in color. Which makes sense as he learned much of what he did from Chinese farmers. He’ll get on his golf cart and invite you on too. Telling you each time before he presses the gas pedal so that you don’t go flying off the back. To be honest, the golf cart isn’t needed. It’s all within walking distance. But it was amusing. Donnie keeps his height near his waist. It makes it easier for him to grab the leaves. The way he showed us how he plucks reminds me of an elephant grabbing leaves. Again, I won’t spoil much but the one thing I did find interesting was his wild leaves. They were clearly darker than the others because of the forest that surrounded them. I wanted so badly to tell him to make matcha out of them but that in it’s self is a process that is hard.

Michelle

Thanks for sharing about the plantation!

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A Panda Express has just opened near us and we have never eaten there, so we took advantage of the BOGO coupon and gave it a try tonight. I made a huge pot of this tea to go with it.

This was a gift from derk. Many thanks, derk!

Dry leaf smelled much like the black version, and steeped tea aroma also revealed the close relationship between the two. The green version is super grassy, and that is Ashman’s exact description. I thought I detected mineral notes here but he did not.

It was great with food. We really downed that huge pot easily. It is one of those teas that you drink fast somehow, and I found myself asking Ashman to top me up constantly. Not astringent or sour, light body and very “wet”.

I didn’t tell Ashman until we finished it that it was grown in Alabama. He was impressed!

Thank you, derk!

gmathis

Panda is on our regular Sunday-after-church rotation. What did you try? Hubby likes the green bean chicken; I usually end up landing on the orange chicken. (Landing on an orange chicken…now there’s a mental image for you!)

ashmanra

We had orange chicken and mushroom chicken. We ate half last night and tonight will switch leftovers so we each get to try two things. I don’t remember seeing green bean chicken, but a friend told me they used to have an awesome almond chicken that he mourns as it is no longer on the menu.

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I am in a bad state to write a tasting note. I have a cough, cold and I feel I lost sense of smell (stuck nose doesn’t help). I am drinking recently mostly homemade herbal blend, but for family I was asked to make a tea. Green, if possible. “Finally, they have been a bit specific.” So, it is family pot tea. Well accepted by all!

Thank you derk, for local tea. Very local.

And now some of my impressions. It tastes a bit herbal to me, but overall it is smoth and mouth-coating. It is even a bit grassy for me, but imagine a summer grass and not freshly cut. Rather, still growing one, rather meadow for you across the pond.

Can’t wait for better time for this tea. The tea quality is high and the tea is nicely fluffy.

Michelle

Ha! ‘nicely fluffy’ very descriptive! I always appreciate how steepsters are inventive in their tea notes. Hope you feel better soon!

Leafhopper

Agreed! I hope you feel better. I also generally like fluffy teas.

Crowkettle

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Martin! Love the use of “fluffy” too. :)

derk

You’ll feel better soon, my friend.

I have to chuckle at your use of “local” and I hope you can chuckle, too :) For reference from your perspective, the driving distance from Svojetice (home of those beautiful linden flowers) to Helsinki (I know you’ve been to Finland) is 1673km. Twice that plus 500km is the driving distance from where I live to Fairhope Tea Plantation. The US is a big country!

I still haven’t made a note for this tea. I find that less leaf is better. There’s a lot of heft to the flavor even though the leaf’s fluffy.

Martin Bednář

I don’t know which other words I should use for nice, big leaves, with lots of air between, so I went for fluffy. Maybe it’s not the best word, but that’s my limited English.

As of today, I feel better, but I went for a PCR test just in case. My brother told me he had similar symptoms and the test turned out positive. After the test I really have stuffy nose and it’s not pleasant. I still have cough, so I think I will go see a doctor tomorrow instead of work. Maybe in between I will receive a results.

As for “local” for you derk, I meant it is made in the US. There are not many plantaions at all and it’s not especially local for you, but we use also “local” for small, independent comapanies, which aren’t under big chain — so maybe lost in translation a bit.

gmathis

I liked this one, too!

mrmopar

Hope you feel better soon.

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This was in a little packet from derk and I’m overdue giving it a go. But green tea always makes me feel like spring and the thaw has begun—it’s a play-in-the-snow-in-your-shirtsleeves afternoon with full-on sunshine. I can feel the solar battery in the back of my neck recharging.

Ok, enough fluff. How’s the tea?

Delicious! The leaves were big and fat and had a “fresh from the farm” look to them; too long for my spoon, so I measured in pinches instead. Two of those in a large-ish mug and a three minute steep yielded a tawny gold, almost sugary cup with a personality more like citrus rind and pith than green beans or spinach.

High marks for this one—and from a bog-standard black tea barbarian, that’s saying something.

(Incidentally, they don’t normally sell online, but it looks like they may be making a temporary exception: https://fairhopeteaplantation.com/special-offer/)

derk

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it!

gmathis

Second steep was just as tasty!

Martin Bednář

Still avaiting for a wee warmer day for dig into green tea. Black tea is more matching the weather outside.

gmathis

The official Pennsylvania groundhog saw his shadow, but in Missouri (if we had one) no shadows were around on February 2, so in our part of the world, spring should be “just around the corner.” I’ll believe it when I see it. In recent years, we’re still freezing in April!

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