Pascoe's Woodlands Classic Winter Frost Green Tea

Work – 1:30 PM

So this is a sample that was in my drawer at work (along with a bunch of single wrapped sachets from Lupicia, Harney, and the like). It’s a green tea from Nilgiri, which should be interesting. The dry leaf is almost pellet-like and somewhat reminds me of CTC.

This reminds me quite a bit of a gunpowder green tea. It has the same strong earthy flavor with mineral and slight smoke notes. There are some roasted grain notes here as well though, similar to houjicha. I do get some bitterness and quite a lot of astringency after a 2.5 minute steep.

I do find some similarity in this to Indian black teas, it’s quite brisk and has a similar astringent aftertaste. Very interesting! It’s a bit too brisk for me for a green tea.

Didn’t know what to expect with this one. the dry broken leaf looked anything like a green tea. The aroma was not of a green either, but when steeped it did provide a unique tasting experience for this Gua Pian/Bi Luo Chun lover. The Teabox descriptive notes are pretty much right on, menthol, vegetal and I would add smokiness. I missed the citrus yet it is definitely a complex flavor profile with some fun palate and back of the throat sensations.
I did wonder, if this tea was given the same treatment as the Yunnan raw Pu Erh’s we all love, it could be a fun experiment.