White Monkey

I’ll drink the rest of the sample can I got, but I won’t be reordering.

A great tea. Pretty subtle, but definitely sweet.

Temperamental, but good. This tea likes around the 170F range and not to be brewed too far past 2 minutes or it gets astringent. Mostly consisted of savory green veggies flavor, and almost hints of edamame. A good green tea if you don’t want the fruity or grassy flavor. Just mind your temp and steep time.

Brewing another portion of my sample in my teapot this morning. This tea is just so cool. Very light and very fruity. It’s so crazy that so many different types of flavor can come from what is essentially the same plant. I might have to get some more of this once my sample runs out :)
Flavor I can’t find but am currently deciding this tea is: Papaya

The first thing that struck me about this tea was its smell. As soon as I opened the package, I did a double-take. Was this a blend? I had never smelled a green tea before this with such a floral/herbal smell. The taste is very delicate. I imagine this is a love-hate kind of tea, but I love it. This is my favorite green tea I’ve tried. At 160, it can be steeped several times, and honestly the second and third steeps are better than the first. Really a pleasure to drink.

I got this in a swap awhile back and I’ve been waiting to try it for awhile. It’s vegetal but not heavily, I do taste more hay, grass, and overall earthy tones but it’s mellow. This is the first green tea I’ve had (other than some flavored ones from Teavana) that I’ve had and actually enjoyed – thanks Uchinaguchi for the swap & introducing me to new teas I never would have tried on my own!

Of the three Adagio samples I received, this one was my favorite. There is still an astringent flavor the loomed over all three samples, but with this one it didn’t feel out of place. There was a smoothness to the astringency that made it pleasant to drink. A balance that didn’t make anything seem out of place.

COLD BREW
Mild in flavor, no sign of astringency. Delicious!

I am a big fan of white tea, but I’ve been wanting to branch out to green tea for a while now. After reading the descriptions of a few, this was one I settled on.

It’s light. Really light. If you’d just handed me the freshly brewed tea, I would have said that it’s a slightly grassy white tea. The liquor is very pale, and the flavor isn’t robust. I can definitely see how someone coming off of a more traditional green tea would call this bland or flavorless.

It’s not doing a lot for me. I won’t have a problem finishing the sampler pouch, but I doubt I’ll buy it again.

Bright and vegetal with a slight buttery taste and body of a Chinese green. Second steeping is very weak.

This one has a slightly smoky spinach flavor to me. I tend to prefer a less vegetal flavor, but this is nice and cleansing feeling. There’s something about it that seems to calm my stomach, too – maybe the bitterness? It probably isn’t one I’ll tend to choose very often, but I rather like it. I think I’ll have to reevaluate in time.