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Green Tea
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Flavors
Cream, Floral, Garden Peas, Nectar, Orchid, Soybean, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vanilla, Vegetal, Flowers, Orchids, Perfume, Artichoke, Hay
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175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 30 sec 14 oz / 414 ml

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  • “Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Saturday, November 13th: National Hug a Musician Day – Fleet Foxes Ok, this is not actually a sipdown – I’ve too much of it for that as I tend to hoard my...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I was quite pleased with this one despite what I smelled from the dry leaf. The orchid is incredible but you still get plenty of grass and a bit of vegetal flavor from the base. I highly suggest...” Read full tasting note
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  • “ Samurai TTB #21 The green of this is lovely (I really enjoy Mao Feng tea!) but the orchid flavor was too overpowering for me, making me feel like I was drinking some kind of expensive perfume. A...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Cocoa Amore was recently restocked, so I grabbed 2oz and decided to try a couple of other teas I had had my eye on. Green teas used to be my favorite, but the more involved I’ve gotten with tea,...” Read full tasting note
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From Whispering Pines Tea Company

It’s quite rare that I come across a tea that is as unique and beautifully processed as this one. The moment I tasted it, I knew I had to bring it in to share with my customers!

This tea is absolute perfection. Honestly, I’m not sure there could exist a better balance between a base tea and floral scenting as this. The dry leaf is seductively sweet and floral, with bright springy green tea in the background. The taste opens with a creamy sweet body and hints of summer grasses and orchids. There’s some of a more earthy tone found in there as well, and the finish is long lasting orchid and sweetgrass. Meadowlark, at least to me, is an almost ethereal experience, and truly shines as one of the most expertly produced green teas I’ve ever had.

An absolute must for anyone that enjoys green tea!

About Whispering Pines Tea Company View company

Whispering Pines Tea Company is dedicated to bringing you the most original, pure, beautiful tea blends. We use only the highest quality ingredients available to create additive-free teas teas inspired by the pristine wilderness of Northern Michigan. Our main focus is on customer satisfaction and quality.

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Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Saturday, November 13th: National Hug a Musician Day – Fleet Foxes

Ok, this is not actually a sipdown – I’ve too much of it for that as I tend to hoard my Whispering Pine Teas, but the theme of today felt like a good reason to pull some out!

Every time I see this tea’s name Fleet Foxes “Meadowlarks” gets stuck in my head. It’s like magic. Annoying magic. Whispering Pines whole vibe reminds me of Fleet Foxes, and indie/chamber folk acts in a big way for some reason (it’s 2012 again, folks). Fleet Foxes is from Seattle, Washington, which is around my neck of the woods, and their music tends to sound like quintessential Northwest Coast (their sound also has an uncanny tendancy to transport the unsuspecting listener to inside a Starbucks… circa 2012).

Like the subject music, this tea is deceivingly simplistic and “quiet”; it’s a soft green tea, with light notes of sweetgrass, snow peas, and soybeans. At first it feels like there’s a lot of space between the delicate flavours, but over time (and sips) the vanilla-floral note of orchid (not a little unlike a heliotrope) builds into a vivid and decadent hue. Its veggie and floral-sweetness creates a heady nectar on a pillow of soybean cream. I can see why others don’t have time for this kind of thing but it feels like home to me (and also being warm in a field, which is a comforting thought as it currently pisses outside like it’s inclined to do at this time of the year).

Steep Count: 3

PS – less is more with this one.

“Meadowlarks”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46OArhzGITI

Flavors: Cream, Floral, Garden Peas, Nectar, Orchid, Soybean, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vanilla, Vegetal

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
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Whispering Pines’ vibe reminds you of Fleet Foxes, reminds me of northeastern Ohio mushroom eaters circa 2008. Early to mid 2010s was the last of my regular access to good music, so my tastes are kind of stuck there and have been going way back since discovering my roommate’s record collection. I refuse to pay for Spotify or whatever the heck subscription services are out there.

Crowkettle

Spotify was something I listened a lot to when I was working in-office setting. 8+ hour playlists.. if you don’t pay you get ads like a radio station though. Can’t say I’ve really “discovered” any keepers through it either.

2008-2015 was when I discovered a lot of music too. I don’t really listen to a lot of folk myself, but one of my roommates in 2011-12 was all about the “trendy” stuff of the day: Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Mumford & Sons, etc – plus some “classics”. She blasted it in our rental and a tiny bit of it stuck. lol

tea-sipper

I’m a Fleet Foxes fan too! Fun fact: their song ‘Sunblind’ mentions Jeff Buckley which was one of my music choices yesterday. :D

Crowkettle

Easter eggs! I missed that reference; got to go back and listen to that song (album) now.

I enjoyed our musically-inclined sipdowns a lot. :)

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1233 tasting notes

I was quite pleased with this one despite what I smelled from the dry leaf. The orchid is incredible but you still get plenty of grass and a bit of vegetal flavor from the base. I highly suggest trying this one gong fu style as I think mug style would be too overwhelming.

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Samurai TTB #21

The green of this is lovely (I really enjoy Mao Feng tea!) but the orchid flavor was too overpowering for me, making me feel like I was drinking some kind of expensive perfume. A great quality blend, but not for me!

Flavors: Floral, Flowers, Orchids, Perfume

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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1789 tasting notes

Cocoa Amore was recently restocked, so I grabbed 2oz and decided to try a couple of other teas I had had my eye on. Green teas used to be my favorite, but the more involved I’ve gotten with tea, the more I gravitate towards oolongs/blacks. I couldn’t resist the 50% off of the Whispering Pines greens, and decided on this one and Huangshan Mao Feng. The orchid in this comes off as a bit perfumey for me. The base is mild and pleasant, with notes of wet hay, artichoke, and edamame. The base notes aren’t really working with the orchid for me. The flavor is also quite mild.

Flavors: Artichoke, Hay, Perfume, Soybean

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