This tea is absolutely divine. To look at it’s beautiful with the marigold petals. But to sip (really slurp and gulp), oh my my. And even though I seriously over steeped this, it was still ridiculously delicious. No bitterness even though I forgot about it for about 5 + minutes.
So smooth and creamy. I got loads of butter with mild vegetal in the background. It is deliciously toasty, just like a traditional genmaicha, but this has a little extra something that makes it so much more tastier and special than a traditional genmaicha. I didn’t notice the juniper, but I pretty much slurped my first cup back in about 5 minutes, it’s just that good!
I’m trying for a second steep, even though I’m not sure if there’s any flavour left in the leaf, but this is far too delicious to not at least try.
Why Verdant? Why does this have to be limited blend? If this became part of the permanent collection I’d be all over it.
This is tea that generated the amazing swap with Cameron B., who was generous enough to share this with me. Thank you so much!
You should try their Laoshan Genmaicha, it’s the same tea but without the juniper and vanilla. :)
Marigold always makes a tea more cheerful!