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I got a sample size of this with a very small order I placed with Shang. Actually I ordered one ounce of one kind of tea and several samplers of others. This tea smells like honeysuckle through and through. I grew up around many honeysuckle bushes and always enjoyed picking the flowers and sucking out the juices. Actually I believe we would pull the stamen from the flower – I don’t know the actual word but I know how we did it lol. Honeysuckle has a very sweet flavor sort of like honey, but not, when you do this.
This tea is relaxing, lovely, scented, and buttery. There is almost this milky mouthfeel to it.
Its an enchanting tea.
The color is gorgeous!
A very light vegetal flavor comes out in the after taste.
Slightly nutty.
The vegetal flavor mixed with the buttery milky flavor remind me of buttered green beans. Yes I put butter on my green beans, don’t you?
This tea is a sure shot for my shopping list!
Shang tea is actually only about an hour or so from my home and I hope to be able to drop in there soon to visit and sample more of their teas but for now I have several wonderful samples here to try and this one to resteep many times! :)
Happy dance!

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Missy 13 years ago

Ha! I used to do that too. My mom had one in her yard. Poor thing was stripped pretty fast.

TeaBrat 13 years ago

Ah… I recall I really liked this one too! :)

Kittenna 13 years ago

A lot of people have been talking about honeysuckle lately. I’m completely unfamiliar with it!! So curious :)

Missy 13 years ago

I found an image for you Krystaleyn. This is the flower I remember from my mom’s yard.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/k12KFNQwzYo/TG-WVTHRt8I/AAAAAAAACRI/dAlvd18f1Ew/s1600/honeysuckle.jpg&imgrefurl=http://winerecipes.blogspot.com/2008/04/honeysuckle-wine.html&h=480&w=640&sz=42&tbnid=LHH2ZnlLd9fgM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=122&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhoneysuckle%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=honeysuckle&docid=RiPAJnXZ3RIvzM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n4KXT7m7I4WziQL2it3PDw&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQ9QEwBA&dur=75

Missy 13 years ago

Hmm that link goes on forever, doesn’t it?

Dylan Oxford 13 years ago

I think she means http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k12KFNQwzYo/TG-WVTHRt8I/AAAAAAAACRI/dAlvd18f1Ew/s1600/honeysuckle.jpg

;)

Dylan Oxford 13 years ago

Although it really does amuse me what happened up there. It’s like the link is trying to run away before you can click on it. NO! NOT AGAIN! AAAAAAHHHH.

Screenshotted for Jason ;)

Azzrian 13 years ago

LOL!!!

Azzrian 13 years ago

Clicked link – our honeysuckles were yellow those are pretty white ones!

Azzrian 13 years ago

Clicked link – our honeysuckles were yellow those are pretty white ones!

Missy 13 years ago

It was a pretty bush. Sadly only one bush in the yard or I could have had much more honeysuckle!

Kittenna 13 years ago

Bahahahaha @ the link issues. And thanks! So you pull out the stamens and what, suck on them? Does breaking them off cause the excretion of a tasty fluid?

Azzrian 13 years ago

Yes when you pull them out – I guess it is the stamen .. its those things poking out from the middle of the flower – there will be juicy stuff clinging to them and you lick them off! :)

Indigobloom 13 years ago

I used to do that with those little white flowers that pop up on the grass!! no not dandelions. The white ones where you can pull out the tubes

teawade 13 years ago

This tea sounds amazing! I too remember hunting for honeysuckles in my neighborhood. The first time I didn’t know how to properly extract the honey so I had to learn from my brother a few times. I need to get my hands on this tea, it would be like a trip down memory lane!

ashmanra 13 years ago

We did the same thing but with petunias! My dad taught me how. You gently tug the flower out of its sepals and hold the flower base to your lips like you are playing a tiny trumpet, and give a little sip. There is a drop of nectar beaded at the base of the pistil. Sweet! I should try it with my jasmine! It is a wall of blooms right now!

Kashyap 13 years ago

funny….I have had many white teas that resemble the ‘honey suckle’ flavor profile, even without any additional flavors or additives..but I totally gel with your memories of sucking on honeysuckle, and then there is the difference bewteen the white and the cadmium yellow flowers..my childhood (and to this day) is full of plant foraging like that…

LiberTEAS 13 years ago

Shang Tea has some of the best white teas I’ve ever tried.

Azzrian 13 years ago

teawade I love a tea that brings back memories! :)
ashmanra did you also make dolls out of flowers? I don’t know if they were petunias or not – I think they were – my grandmother would do that with us.
Indigo – are you talking about clover flowers? They looked like white puff balls on top of a tube stem? You could make necklaces and bracelets out of them if you tied the stems together! :)

Missy 13 years ago

Clover flowers are good too!

Dylan Oxford 13 years ago

Up until last night’s discussion, I thought clover flowers WERE honeysuckle. How about that?

ashmanra 13 years ago

Azzrian: it wasn’t until I was married that my mother-in-law showed me how to make dancing girl dolls out of Maypops, also called Passionflower!

Azzrian 13 years ago

Aweee what a sweet thing for her to show you! :)

Kittenna 13 years ago

So I guess I had a crappy childhood and not once sucked anything out of a flower!! Boo to that!

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Missy 13 years ago

Ha! I used to do that too. My mom had one in her yard. Poor thing was stripped pretty fast.

TeaBrat 13 years ago

Ah… I recall I really liked this one too! :)

Kittenna 13 years ago

A lot of people have been talking about honeysuckle lately. I’m completely unfamiliar with it!! So curious :)

Missy 13 years ago

I found an image for you Krystaleyn. This is the flower I remember from my mom’s yard.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/k12KFNQwzYo/TG-WVTHRt8I/AAAAAAAACRI/dAlvd18f1Ew/s1600/honeysuckle.jpg&imgrefurl=http://winerecipes.blogspot.com/2008/04/honeysuckle-wine.html&h=480&w=640&sz=42&tbnid=LHH2ZnlLd9fgM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=122&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhoneysuckle%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=honeysuckle&docid=RiPAJnXZ3RIvzM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n4KXT7m7I4WziQL2it3PDw&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQ9QEwBA&dur=75

Missy 13 years ago

Hmm that link goes on forever, doesn’t it?

Dylan Oxford 13 years ago

I think she means http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k12KFNQwzYo/TG-WVTHRt8I/AAAAAAAACRI/dAlvd18f1Ew/s1600/honeysuckle.jpg

;)

Dylan Oxford 13 years ago

Although it really does amuse me what happened up there. It’s like the link is trying to run away before you can click on it. NO! NOT AGAIN! AAAAAAHHHH.

Screenshotted for Jason ;)

Azzrian 13 years ago

LOL!!!

Azzrian 13 years ago

Clicked link – our honeysuckles were yellow those are pretty white ones!

Azzrian 13 years ago

Clicked link – our honeysuckles were yellow those are pretty white ones!

Missy 13 years ago

It was a pretty bush. Sadly only one bush in the yard or I could have had much more honeysuckle!

Kittenna 13 years ago

Bahahahaha @ the link issues. And thanks! So you pull out the stamens and what, suck on them? Does breaking them off cause the excretion of a tasty fluid?

Azzrian 13 years ago

Yes when you pull them out – I guess it is the stamen .. its those things poking out from the middle of the flower – there will be juicy stuff clinging to them and you lick them off! :)

Indigobloom 13 years ago

I used to do that with those little white flowers that pop up on the grass!! no not dandelions. The white ones where you can pull out the tubes

teawade 13 years ago

This tea sounds amazing! I too remember hunting for honeysuckles in my neighborhood. The first time I didn’t know how to properly extract the honey so I had to learn from my brother a few times. I need to get my hands on this tea, it would be like a trip down memory lane!

ashmanra 13 years ago

We did the same thing but with petunias! My dad taught me how. You gently tug the flower out of its sepals and hold the flower base to your lips like you are playing a tiny trumpet, and give a little sip. There is a drop of nectar beaded at the base of the pistil. Sweet! I should try it with my jasmine! It is a wall of blooms right now!

Kashyap 13 years ago

funny….I have had many white teas that resemble the ‘honey suckle’ flavor profile, even without any additional flavors or additives..but I totally gel with your memories of sucking on honeysuckle, and then there is the difference bewteen the white and the cadmium yellow flowers..my childhood (and to this day) is full of plant foraging like that…

LiberTEAS 13 years ago

Shang Tea has some of the best white teas I’ve ever tried.

Azzrian 13 years ago

teawade I love a tea that brings back memories! :)
ashmanra did you also make dolls out of flowers? I don’t know if they were petunias or not – I think they were – my grandmother would do that with us.
Indigo – are you talking about clover flowers? They looked like white puff balls on top of a tube stem? You could make necklaces and bracelets out of them if you tied the stems together! :)

Missy 13 years ago

Clover flowers are good too!

Dylan Oxford 13 years ago

Up until last night’s discussion, I thought clover flowers WERE honeysuckle. How about that?

ashmanra 13 years ago

Azzrian: it wasn’t until I was married that my mother-in-law showed me how to make dancing girl dolls out of Maypops, also called Passionflower!

Azzrian 13 years ago

Aweee what a sweet thing for her to show you! :)

Kittenna 13 years ago

So I guess I had a crappy childhood and not once sucked anything out of a flower!! Boo to that!

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