Sun Dried Jingshan Green

I’ve owned this tea for awhile and haven’t known what to make of it. After much experimenting and finding the “perfect” water temperature I finally “get” this tea. The description is right on when it describes the lime and basil flavors. If Thai food could be a green tea, this would be it. Its light and refreshing and the basil flavor rests on the tip of your tongue. It is quite a temperamental tea if water temperature or steeping time is off, but the payoff is worth it. As usual I’m never disappointed with Verdant tea.

Tastes like Yunnan.

Slightly twisted, long, slender olive and silver dry leaves. Very fresh and vegetal in the bag, like a really good dragonwell.
The steeped tea deepens to richer, sweetgrass and fruit notes with a hint of creamy nuttiness. The liquor is a lovely green-gold.
Being a big Dragonwell fan, this tea is bold and bright enough to hold its own against it. (Although quieter in its assertiveness, still very distinct from other greens.)
Not floral, but decidedly sweet. Green, but not as strongly so as Dragonwell. If you’re looking for an alternative green which isn’t overly flora, nor overly green or grassy, this one’s for you.

Steeped per the brewing instructions provided by Verdant Tea. 4g of leaf in 4oz of water. Boiled then cooled to 170F. The aroma of the leaves is intoxicating in the bag and only becomes more so after a wake up rinse, steep, and decant (I’m using a gaiwan). With a 5 second steep (second infusion) the liquor decants a very pale straw yellow, very clear. I get a lot of sweet green pea in the nose, some other young green vegetables, and a zingy aroma that reminds me of the smell of raw sugar. The flavor seems quite delicate; some slight sugar sweetness, faint young green vegetables. The body is more substantial then I would have thought. This tea coats the mouth, and only dries out a tiny bit on the finish. Very refreshing.

Update: 9 infusions and it’s still tasty

I finally got my hands on my new order from Verdant! And it turns out that all three of the teas I ordered are from Yunnan. Ah well, at least I know what I like. And I get to try a white, a green, and a black from the same region.

So, I think this is the first un-flavored green tea I’ve ever tried. (Other than matcha, but that’s a whole different game.) I brewed this western style, steeping it for minutes, which is longer than I meant to, but I had to stop and find a clean mug.

The aroma of this is very nice, with the roasted pumpkin seeds smell I associate with green tea, and a floral aroma, and maybe something similar to white wine? (Although the whites I drink are very floral, so.)

The taste is very mild, with a floral note my head keeps insisting is jasmine, even though I know this isn’t a jasmine, and a slightly astringent texture. And again, there’s that nice roasted note.

All in all, very good, but not likely to convert me from my black tea drinking ways.

Wonderful tea, very light and delicate. It has a very clean and refreshing feel to it. Notes of honey and citrus as well. I prefer to steep for 3 min as I like a stronger flavor. Another great tea from Verdant Tea!

Although my lips have yet to have experienced the unique Sun Dried flavors from Jing Shan Green village, the meer thought overwhelms my mind with pleasure. This tea holds the potential to eliminate any stress or discomfort one is feeling on a given day. I may not have had the privilege to taste this tea yet, and it already exceeds my expectations.

I had this earlier today…very nice green tea…quite assertive(at least how I brewed it)…110ml gaiwan 7g tea…

This green tea is something of a marvel. I usually don’t prefer green tea late night, but this was an exception. The flavor was grassy but with a hint of sweetness though all 4 infusions. For anybody that likes green teas, this is a must try.

I’m going to be fair and start off this review by saying not this really isn’t my cup of tea. I love green tea, in fact it’s my favorite, but for some reason I just can’t get a good taste for this one.I’m not getting that good grassy flavor that I get from any other green teas.I’m not really sure of how to explain what I’m tasting. I’ll try it again a couple of times and see how it tastes and maybe come back and edit this.