Monks Blend

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180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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  • “I went ahead and picked up a sample of this tea along with a number of others from Tea Era when I saw that their samples are just $2 each. I’m an absolute sucker for a tea vendor that sells...” Read full tasting note

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This mouth-watering white tea combines the sweet aroma of pomegranate with smooth vanilla notes. Enjoy a cup in the afternoon when you need a lift.

Growing Country: China
Grade: Pai Mu Tan
Steep time: 3 minutes
Region: Fu-ding, Fujian Province
Shipping Port: Fuzhou
Altitude: 2000 feet to 4000 feet above sea level
Manufacture type: White tea- Naturally withered
Luxury Ingredients: White tea, Natural flavours
Hot tea: Use water that is about 180’Read more

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I went ahead and picked up a sample of this tea along with a number of others from Tea Era when I saw that their samples are just $2 each. I’m an absolute sucker for a tea vendor that sells samples. I’m much more likely to purchase from you in the first place, and infinitely more again in the future.

I’m not normally one for flavored teas, but that was the bulk of their offering, so I decided to give a few of the more intriguing ones a whirl. I love pomegranate, so threw this in the lot!

I decided to prepare this tea gong-fu style. Now, if you read the steeping instructions, you’ll now know that I directly disregarded them. There’s a very good reason for that…. I felt like using my gaiwan. I KNOW! Best reason ever, right?

The dry leaf is perhaps a bit too tightly packed into the sample pouch and the leaves, which are already a bit smaller than I have come to expect, have broken a bit from the pouch. They have a sweet fragrance, though. I’m pretty sure it’s the vanilla and pomegranate. The wet leaves are especially fruity. You don’t really get any of the vanilla, but all the pomegranate. However, I keep saying “pomegranate”, but without reading the description I would not have pinpointed that. It’s almost more… citrusy than that.

In any case, I did at least brew this for longer than I would a typical white tea, closer in accordance with the instructions. Unfortunately, upon tasting, I feel like that was perhaps a mistake. The liquor is a nice amber color and has re-captured the mellowing vanilla. However, it’s a bit bitter and astringent from brewing overlong on my part. For now, I’ll leave it without a rating since I clearly was the cause of the poor flavor. I’ll get it better next time!

And I’ll even follow their posted instructions some day, too!

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec
ScottTeaMan 13 years ago

I had a Monk’s Blend years ago and really enjoyed it, but I don’t remember enough about it to review it.

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