A dark green tea with leaves of varying size. This one immediately smelled soothing to me—there’s just that quality to some green and green oolong teas that is calming and nostalgic. The tea liquor brews up to a light green color, and has a smooth mouthfeel and a gentle nori seaweed taste. After longer steeping, there’s a salty quality to it as well, and a lingering, almost fragrant note unique to green teas. I’m not a big fan of the salt, but it doesn’t detract much from the overall experience. In general, I do like the seaweed-esque green teas more than the ones that have strong vegetal (or rather vegetable) notes—those ones seem to go straight to my head, while a tea like this produces a nourishing, refreshing effect.
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Science writer and a cat that learned to type.
I grew up in a tea-loving family, and tea has always been a part of daily life. I’m still astounded by the amount of tea and teaware back home every time I visit! While I’m most familiar with straight Chinese teas, I’m growing to explore and appreciate other types of tea, including blended and flavored ones. A good blend can reflect the thought and creativity that was put into making it, instead of being too sweet or busy in a way that gives the “genre” a bad rap.
Likes:
-most black teas (even lapsang)
-most oolongs, especially Fujian teas, baozhong and dancong
-houjicha
-straight white teas
-citrus
-almond/amaretto
-coconut
-vanilla
Variable (some are great, some not so):
-most green teas
-tie guan yin
-flavored white teas
-assam
-rooibos
-melon
-mint
-grape
Ratings:
90-100: definite repurchase if possible, recommended
80-90: enjoyed, possible repurchase
70-80: fair to good
60-70: fair with some shortcomings
50-60: there’s still a chance I’d take this if it were free
under 50: absolutely not
Location
Southern California
