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“I’m surprised this one wasn’t in the Steepster database. The leaves are a mix of loosely curled and twisted darker green leaves and fuzzy white leaves. There are some broken pieces, not many and...” Read full tasting note
“Day 10 of the Tea Thoughts winter countdown box. Gong fu’d this just so I’d have an excuse to use the teeny tea tray again. This brews up a pale, medium-bodied liquor. It’s savory with notes of hay...” Read full tasting note
“Tea Thoughts Winter Countdown: Day 10 Crisp and fresh, with powdered sugar notes. Very pleasant, but not gulpable or guzzleable — there’s something drying and sharply vegetal on the back of the sip...” Read full tasting note
“Adventageddon Day 10 This was the selection from Tea Thoughts today and though I have tried a lot of teas from Octavia Tea I actually haven’t tried this one. I didn’t have time in the morning for a...” Read full tasting note
Grown high in the mist-cloaked mountains of Fujian Province, White Monkey has a delicate, mellow flavor without a trace of bitterness, balanced with aromatic notes of lilac & toasted pine nut. Teas grown at high elevations are highly sought after because the leaf develops at a slower rate, storing up extra antioxidants & achieving an enhanced complexity of flavor. According to legend, Buddhist monks harvested high-elevation teas by training monkeys to pick the difficult-to-reach leaves from wild tea trees precariously perched along treacherous cliffs.
White Monkey is, despite its name, a green tea.
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I’m surprised this one wasn’t in the Steepster database. The leaves are a mix of loosely curled and twisted darker green leaves and fuzzy white leaves. There are some broken pieces, not many and this is only a little sample size inside of a packet, so it’s probably in a bit better shape in the full size tin. Dry it has floral and chestnut notes. The floral notes aren’t like a jasmine, it’s obviously not added to the tea. It’s nice and light and not perfumey in any aspect. It’s reminds me a lot of Rishi’s Ancient Emerald Lily. The wet leaves smell more chestnut and slightly vegetal. The infusion in both smell and taste is a wonderful blend of the floral, chestnut, and vegetal notes, no one note overpowers the other(s). Delicious green tea I wouldn’t mind having everyday. Unfortunately one tin (1.41oz or 40g) costs $15. Rishi’s Ancient Emerald Lily is so similar to this and you get more tea for lower cost, I’m going to stick with Rishi.
Day 10 of the Tea Thoughts winter countdown box. Gong fu’d this just so I’d have an excuse to use the teeny tea tray again. This brews up a pale, medium-bodied liquor. It’s savory with notes of hay and mildly sweet crisp greens, like asparagus or snap peas. Slightly dry at the end of the sip. Perfectly cozy yesterday when it was pouring rain and I was super tired. Later steeps got a little bitter, so keeping steep time short is clutch.
Tea Thoughts Winter Countdown: Day 10
Crisp and fresh, with powdered sugar notes. Very pleasant, but not gulpable or guzzleable — there’s something drying and sharply vegetal on the back of the sip that makes me pause for a little longer than usual between sips. Not in a bad way, though!
The leaves are so cute, too — so fuzzy and silvery!
Flavors: Crisp, Drying, Fresh, Powdered Sugar, Vegetal
Adventageddon Day 10
This was the selection from Tea Thoughts today and though I have tried a lot of teas from Octavia Tea I actually haven’t tried this one. I didn’t have time in the morning for a gongfu session, so I went with a Western steeping. Maybe that was for the better, because I enjoyed this a lot more than expected. Y’all know I am not huge on plain green teas, but this had exactly that sort of pulpy cucumber note I love and was very fresh, crisp and cooling with floral undertones and just a bit of pine or rosemary to round out the sip.
Today’s Advent Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDagOvsyYMf/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwFHIfLuJio&ab_channel=PeachPit-Topic
