Dragonwell Bouquet

I’ve had this on two occasions including at tonight’s craft club yet I’ve held out on reviewing it. I can’t say that’s for any specific reason, just to make sure it was the same throughout. My reason being that as this is Dragonwell ie a green tea it is hard to taste it, and as I’ve had this specific Dragonwell on it’s own I know it’s delicious, in that sense it seems a shame that I cannot taste it. What I can taste is lemongrass and it’s sweet, strong and crisp which dominates everything else. Undeniably it is very nice as I happen to love lemongrass but it is disappointing not to be able to taste anything besides that. In retrospect it’s a fancy blend that tastes like your bog standard lemongrass, again it’s nice and I want to enforce that but it doesn’t live up to it’s ingredients list. For that reason I will not rate this tea as it’s hard for me to define but it is a sample I can happily finish and am thankful to have tried.

I don’t remember what was in this blend and I added it this morning at work, so I don’t have the info sheet with me. Dragonwell, obviously, and it looks like jasmine blossoms, sunflower/safflower petals, and lemongrass? We’ll see!

Ok, yeah, this is a nicely lemony dragonwell. Hints of jasmine, but not too floral. Buttery, fresh, and pleasant. Will be interested to know if there is anything else in here that I’m not tasting, but otherwise it is a nice spring tea.

So I did end up canceling my blends club (even though I have enjoyed these teas) because I was looking them all again, and one tea of three a month is just not worth it to me. Clearly my taste buds are just a little bit different from the folks at Verdant (they love fennel and mint!), which is funny because I have enjoyed so many of their blends that have been offered for sale on the site. Guess I will stick to those for now on.