First of all I’m going to get the obligatory joke out of the way and admit that I (and apparently everyone else at the local DT store) calls these ‘zombie pearls’. It’s just too good to pass up.
This is the first time I’ve tried an African white tea, or for that matter, any tea from Malawai. I found the way this tea was rolled interesting – they were less like the small, pea-sized pearls you see in Chinese white jasmine teas and most like tightly wrapped large clumps. It took several steeps for the leaves to unfurl completely so this is definitely a teas suited to those lazy days where you have time for multiple steepings. The steeped leaves looks a fair bit like those of silver needle white teas except that these have splotches of bright rust-red on them.
The flavours of the first steep (at 3:30 min) were reminiscent of sweet hay with a vegetale undertone while the second steep (4:45 min) was less vegetal and more buttery smooth with a pleasent sweet tone. I really enjoyed this tea and it’s great to see Davids Tea carrying a high-quality plain tea like this.
