This is one of the Verdant Tea of the Month Reserve selections for February! It is a beautiful hand crafted tea, sage green with streaks of tan, with the heady aroma of jasmine…aahhhhh!
Damp it smells of moss & key lime.
The first 2 steepings had me lying in the forest on a bed of moss. The flavor is lightly floral & vegetative, with what I can only describe as a mossy texture, & a lingering jasmine sweetness in the back of the throat.
3 & 4: mmmmmm, creamy & sweet, with a hint of astringency & a fuzzy tongue sensation. These were my favorite.
5 & 6: I steeped the hand-twisted tea in a glass gaiwan (even though it always gets ridiculously hot & burns my fingers) so that I could watch them unfold. At this point they are fully unraveled & beautiful. The tea from these steepings has a taste & mouth-feel of key lime (I actually compared it to one of the limes on my mini-tree), with a clear & bright sensation, a lingering bitterness on the tongue, & sweet jasmine in the back of the throat.
7 & 8: The lime & moss aromas are gone, now I just smell the jasmine in the wet leaf. The flavor is still bright, but the bitterness of lime peel is gone. Now I have a fine, clear jasmine tea.
This is a luxurious treat!
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woman! you get to them so quickly! Mine hasn’t even made it here yet :(
Really? I think mine came last friday, but then I was running around all weekend, & then sick for a couple days. I was even at first hesitant to try it out today, wondering how my tastebuds would be, but the Big Red Robe went down nice & flavorful, so I figured, “I deserve something really special”.
Maybe that explains why I keep being the first to review so many of them, eh?
lol probably. canada = usually 10 days before i get it :(
I’m not in Canada, but I have to brace myself for trying verdant…brave it really…have had poor luck with my palate so far.
Chajin, have you tried any of their teas yet?
Sil, hang in there! I’ll try not to flaunt it too much ;)
It would be nice if it arrived before you leave the country, eh? If not, I’m sure it will be waiting for you when you return!
(is the cup half empty or half full?)
I was thinking of buying a glass gaiwan, but then I saw your review and changed my mind :) I think I’ll stick with my glass teapot to show off nice tea…
This makes me want to join the reserve club. But it’s a little expensive for me now…
yes, I have tried 3, maybe 4 verdant so far.
woman! you get to them so quickly! Mine hasn’t even made it here yet :(
Really? I think mine came last friday, but then I was running around all weekend, & then sick for a couple days. I was even at first hesitant to try it out today, wondering how my tastebuds would be, but the Big Red Robe went down nice & flavorful, so I figured, “I deserve something really special”.
Maybe that explains why I keep being the first to review so many of them, eh?
lol probably. canada = usually 10 days before i get it :(
I’m not in Canada, but I have to brace myself for trying verdant…brave it really…have had poor luck with my palate so far.
Chajin, have you tried any of their teas yet?
Sil, hang in there! I’ll try not to flaunt it too much ;)
It would be nice if it arrived before you leave the country, eh? If not, I’m sure it will be waiting for you when you return!
(is the cup half empty or half full?)
I was thinking of buying a glass gaiwan, but then I saw your review and changed my mind :) I think I’ll stick with my glass teapot to show off nice tea…
This makes me want to join the reserve club. But it’s a little expensive for me now…
yes, I have tried 3, maybe 4 verdant so far.