Not your typical green tea, and a lot more smooth. A part of me thought it tasted a little bit closer to the greener style oolong I like, but I know it technically is a green tea because of the oxidation. I sipped this one down quickly and deeply enjoyed my Eclipse sessions with it. My style was a cross between grandpa and gong fu, cutting off the leaves at the following intervals: 30 sec, 45, 55, 35, 55, 60 and then into minutes based on how they opened up.
This tea is a lot like their Lishan Glory, yet I enjoyed this significantly more because of its dimension. I felt like this tea was more flavor forward and the added green quality made it taste fresher. There were times when I got the pine/forest morning dew green taste amidst an intensely milky texture, along with tropical hints and a very melon/pineapple leaning quality that wasn’t tart. I was also surprised by how forward the florals were. Most of them were white tropical florals like plumeria, and sometimes, especially in the second session, I kept getting white and yellow roses.
Yes, it’s got the typical sweat pea lishan quality, but cleaner and more floral rather than honey forward. The green vanilla note was especially prominent in steeps three and four for me, and again in some of the longer western sessions.
Overall, I much preferred this one to the oolong which surprised me. A part of me is regretting not getting more of this one, and for the tea snobs who like greener oolongs, I’d recommend this one. If you need slightly less of a grassy taste, then go for the Oolong Glory.
Flavors: Floral, Freshly Cut Grass, Green, Melon, Milk, Pear, Pine, Pineapple, Plumeria, Rainforest, Rose, Snow Peas, Sweet, Tropical, Vanilla
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This one sounds interesting! I think this is the first time I’ve encountered a Lishan green tea.
I’ve seen one maybe on Mountain Stream Teas or Taiwan Sourcing, but I was able to get it from Adhara. I’ve had a lot of luck with some of their more unconventional teas and this one was more of what I like. It’s still more on the green side, but I would have tasted “oolong” if I were blind.
This one sounds interesting! I think this is the first time I’ve encountered a Lishan green tea.
I’ve seen one maybe on Mountain Stream Teas or Taiwan Sourcing, but I was able to get it from Adhara. I’ve had a lot of luck with some of their more unconventional teas and this one was more of what I like. It’s still more on the green side, but I would have tasted “oolong” if I were blind.