You ever have so many teas that you want to try that you do not remember them by name? Yea, me too. Anyway, this one was a sample from Ricky, thank you (!) and I have to say that I will DEFINITELY be purchasing this with my next Adagio order.
The leaves are tightly curled oolong, they are dark green but brew a pale slightly golden liquor. The aroma of the leaves is plain, simple, not complicated, almost a faint green tea smell. An interesting note is that I usually pour hot near-boiling water into a smaller teapot that I carry with me around the house, immediately after pouring water into the infusion basket and over the tea, a sweet, almost minty aroma was released. Now ecstatic, I let the tea infuse for four minutes (no additives). Unfortunately, by the end of my brew, that minty sweet aroma was gone and replaced with a mellow vegetal note.
The flavor is surprising, it is gentle, a bit vegetal, a little buttery, with a tiny hint of sweetness at the very end and the cool mouth-feel of a minty tea. Delicious.
Second infusion, two minutes, no additives. I did not get the minty smell again, but it was more pronounced in the tea itself. Still buttery, light, vegetal with slightly more mint. Overall, very enjoyable tea.
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Agreed, this is a good one from Adagio. I recall TeaEqualsBliss stated that Norbu had one that was even more delicious!
OoOoOhhh, I will have to look into it, for now though Adagio is super convenient in NJ. Haha
=P Do you march up to their warehouse =]
I am going to order this. It’s sound yum!
I should, I know where it is, haha, but I can order my tea, regular shipping and have it the next day. So all immediate cravings are fulfilled.
I love me some Ali Shan!
If you use more leaf, so that you can steep much shorter times, the short steeps retain that sweet, fragrant taste, and it never becomes vegetal. At first, that frustrated me. I wanted to taste what I was smelling. Shorter steeps are sweet and crisp.
Agreed, this is a good one from Adagio. I recall TeaEqualsBliss stated that Norbu had one that was even more delicious!
OoOoOhhh, I will have to look into it, for now though Adagio is super convenient in NJ. Haha
=P Do you march up to their warehouse =]
I am going to order this. It’s sound yum!
I should, I know where it is, haha, but I can order my tea, regular shipping and have it the next day. So all immediate cravings are fulfilled.
I love me some Ali Shan!
If you use more leaf, so that you can steep much shorter times, the short steeps retain that sweet, fragrant taste, and it never becomes vegetal. At first, that frustrated me. I wanted to taste what I was smelling. Shorter steeps are sweet and crisp.