Spring 2014 Tribute Grade Pure Bud Bi Luo Chun White Tea of Yunnan

Delicate white (green?) tea. I’m not convinced this is a white. It doesn’t really taste like a green, but it doesn’t taste like any white I’ve ever had.

Lightly vegetal (zucchini flesh, cucumber, dried leaves/herbs in your spice cupboard) it reminds me a bit of bay leaves and white coriander seeds. Almost savoury rather than sweet spices, but nothing I can put my finger on. It isn’t a taste I can really describe well.

Autumn 2015 version here.

This one has slight a lemon flavour in there, and as AllanK found out can turn sour if overbrewed, from lemon to lemon zest. In fact I completely agree with the other notes mentioned in his review, there is some vegetal in there and the standard white floral, also slightly astringent, with an aftertaste & an after-smell (is there even a word for that?) which just somehow reminds me of lemon cleaner or zest.

Im going to refine my brewing to find the perfect setting for this tea & will update this review when ive found them.

Bought this tea a while ago but just now got around to trying it. It is fairly tasty. It is floral and somewhat vegetal in nature. I may have slightly over brewed this tea at 3 minutes and am getting a slight sour aftertaste. I suspect I over brewed it. The dry leaves are white and wiry and have what I would describe as an orchid like aroma. They smell absolutely divine. As with all things divine, the reality of the brew is just a little short of that but it is quite good. The Yunnan Sourcing USA site does not list brewing instructions for this tea so I have no way to be certain whether I over brewed it.

I brewed this tea once in an 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and 185 degree water for 3 min.