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“Sipdown! Many thanks to Oolong Owl for sending me a sample of this tea. The leaf was very light and fluffy, and I ended up making a whole gallon of cold brew out of this – 2 steeps of 2L each. The...” Read full tasting note
“Gongfu, 200 degrees (that’s what the label said), first infusion 30 seconds, second and third infusions a minute with the last one at 190. Lovely brew. Grassy, a bit of hay. A sweetness too. Pears...” Read full tasting note
“An interesting white tea from Nepal! I liked the creamy texture and pear notes. With each infusion I got apricots and straw notes as well. I got 6 infusions before the white got too dry for my...” Read full tasting note
“From yesterday- So just how does one put the caret over the ‘T’ with an English keyboard on Steepster and Blogger? Anyway the third tea from TETE. This is the white. I have written the company to...” Read full tasting note
In ancient China, there was a beverage that was so rare that it was reserved solely for royalty. And aptly so. For its leaves were so delicate that the rough hands of the subjects would damage it. For it smell was so intoxicating that it incurred the danger of corrupting less-traveled minds. For its taste was so subtle that only the nuanced taste buds of the aristrocacy could appreciate it.
This beverage could only be made by leaves plucked at the end of winter, when the bushes woke up from their hibernation, or at the onset of winter, when the bushes prepared to sleep. It required the most delicate of fingers to spend an entire day plucking a leaf and a bud, which would yield a meagre hundred grams of tea. And yet this labor of love was the tea-maker’s prize. He would look forward to stealing some for his own consumption to end of his hard day.
TÊTÊ White Tea is a specimen of that rare refreshment. It is grown and made by utmost care by farmers living at 6,000 metres. The garden where it is grown is magical. It hosts flora whose seeds make birds drunk. We anticipate that once you have a sip of this, you won’t fare much better.
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Sipdown!
Many thanks to Oolong Owl for sending me a sample of this tea. The leaf was very light and fluffy, and I ended up making a whole gallon of cold brew out of this – 2 steeps of 2L each.
The first steep was lemony, the second steep more astringent. BUT – you can read more in the first official tea review of my new blog! More info at http://booksandtea.ca/2015/06/26/tea-review-himalayan-full-leaf-white-tea-by-tete/
An interesting white tea from Nepal! I liked the creamy texture and pear notes. With each infusion I got apricots and straw notes as well. I got 6 infusions before the white got too dry for my liking, but otherwise very nice!
Full review on Oolong Owl http://oolongowl.com/nepal-teas-from-tete-tea-review/
From yesterday-
So just how does one put the caret over the ‘T’ with an English keyboard on Steepster and Blogger?
Anyway the third tea from TETE. This is the white. I have written the company to see how the farms were affected by the earthquake but I haven’t heard back – possibly not a good sign.
Opening the bag I catch all the wonderful scents I expect from a premium white tea. It is sweet hay, along with fruit and floral notes. I thought I even detected a hint of malt. It scent is very nice.
I am getting sweet hay notes in the taste. There are hints of melon and grape. I am still catching a touch of malt. It is very light, but it is there. The aftertaste is lightly grassy and sweet like honey.
My son says it tastes like lemon grass. I guess if you take out the lemon it kind of does. He wanted to ice it. The problem was the second cup is more green and earthy than the first so he didn’t get what he was expecting. It tasted OK but nothing like the first – which was pretty awesome.
That is a lot of tea from just 7 grams!
The second steep wasn’t nearly as flavourful as the first. But considering the price of the tea online (~$15 for 40g) I wanted to get as much as I could out of it!