This is the first Harney & Sons tea I’ve ever had, courtesy of Sandy.
I’m not the biggest fan of ‘green’ oolongs as of yet. It’s not that they’re bad, they’re just kind of subtle, and not exactly that… you know… awesome.
However, the pomegranate flavoring of this tea just seems to be the flavor that tea guan yin needs. It’s not overpowering at all in this tea, but it is very apparent. It works very well. Although, I don’t taste any of the ‘juniper’ taste that I normally get with a TGY or assorted green oolongs (high mountain, monkey picked, etc). I’m not sure if that’s just a matter of it blending with the pomegranate, or if this particular TGY doesn’t have that quality at the back of the taste.
Also, if you should happen to be able to pick up a sachet of one of these… I recommend it for nothing else other than the comical value of the post-brew sachet. Missy was giggling so hard at the way the sachet expanded from the TGY almost to the point of bursting. She said it looked like a tea balloon, haha.
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Haha, I love your posts. You almost always get me laughing!
Oolongs expand soooo much! A friend just bought a tin of this and loved it, so i made a glass pot of oolong and let her watch the leaves expand. I said, “See that?”. She said, “Yuh-huh, so what? It’s big. OHHHH! I should buy loose leaf oolong!”. That’s my girl. Her one pound bag arrived Saturday!
haha, awesome
Haha, I love your posts. You almost always get me laughing!
Oolongs expand soooo much! A friend just bought a tin of this and loved it, so i made a glass pot of oolong and let her watch the leaves expand. I said, “See that?”. She said, “Yuh-huh, so what? It’s big. OHHHH! I should buy loose leaf oolong!”. That’s my girl. Her one pound bag arrived Saturday!
haha, awesome