This tea is quite good. Despite the name bittermelon, there is little bitterness to this tea. It has a nice sweetness with a slightly medicinal flavor. There is not much roast flavor. I brewed the bittermelon with the TGY for this tea. I don’t really know how to describe the taste of the bittermelon in truth. It is good, it is more sweet than bitter but not a tangerine sweetness. This is a fairly long lasting tea. I brewed it eight times in a small gaiwan. It was not truly finished. Had I wanted to go past eight steeps I could have continued. I don’t in truth know how many steeps this would have gone but eight in itself is a lot for an oolong.
I steeped this eight times in a 120ml gaiwan with 9.3g leaf and bittermelon. I gave it a 10 second rinse and a 10 minute rest. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, 10 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec, 25 sec, and 30 sec. This tea seems to have something of a relaxing qi to it, judging from how I now feel. This is good tea at an excellent price. 200g was only $19.
Flavors: Roasted, Sweet
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Cool I’ve been curious about this one! :)
It was very good. Very little roast flavor. A mildly sweet taste that was slightly medicinal. Hard to describe the flavor of the bitter melon because I’ve never experienced it before. It was not a bitter tea.
Bittermelon is often drunk and eaten as a medicinal food in several cultures. It’s supposed to help you regulate blood sugar and there are actually bittermelon Tisanes available. I haven’t tried them but bitter melon itself isn’t horribly bitter unless you eat the seeds. Sounds like a neat Tea.
I’ve seen fresh bittermelons at the Asian market! Neat yyz thanks :)
I have some of this inbound.
I was going to add some to my YS.us order but it was already sold out
Cool I’ve been curious about this one! :)
It was very good. Very little roast flavor. A mildly sweet taste that was slightly medicinal. Hard to describe the flavor of the bitter melon because I’ve never experienced it before. It was not a bitter tea.
Bittermelon is often drunk and eaten as a medicinal food in several cultures. It’s supposed to help you regulate blood sugar and there are actually bittermelon Tisanes available. I haven’t tried them but bitter melon itself isn’t horribly bitter unless you eat the seeds. Sounds like a neat Tea.
I’ve seen fresh bittermelons at the Asian market! Neat yyz thanks :)
I have some of this inbound.
I was going to add some to my YS.us order but it was already sold out