Jade Oolong

Sample 11/19! Reading over the reviews… I love that someone said this tasted like chicken soup. I can kind of see it, honestly. Overall, I’m a fan of this tea. This is the kind of thing I like. It’s really mild and smooth, only mildly drying/bitter and very aromatic. I want to say it’s mainly a little floral and vegetal but i’m not sure. I wish it were a little crisper (idk how to explain that, lol). I feel like there’s something about it that tastes like really weak apple juice but idk about that either. This is one I’d enjoy having again but don’t need to have

Finally, a review for something other than 52teas! LOL! Anyway, I re-upped my Better Tea Club for this month, and this was one of the featured teas. Visually, the tea kinda reminds me a bit of gunpowder green, while the smell is definitely potent in bag.
Brewed 3 min/170 F/4 g/16 oz
Taste is. Hmmm I’m not sure if it is crossover from the almond milk I was just drinking prior but this one is very mild and sweet. I’m getting notes of peas and green beans, but also a bit of hay, and I swear a hint of meat. Not sure about that meat bit, it’s a rather faint meat flavor, sort of like beef broth? Chicken broth maybe? Not sure. Really wish I hadn’t had a whole cup of almond milk prior (I needed to down some meds) because it is skewing my palate. Swishing it around my mouth to cleanse it a bit, I think that meat flavor I’m getting is closer to chicken broth. Does that mean it qualifies as umami? I have never fully been able to grasp the concept of savory or umami other than people saying “Chicken broth”. If that is the case, then yes this tea qualifies as savory. I dunno. The more I drink this the more I like it. It’s grown on me over the course of just one cup. I certainly like it better than some other oolongs I have had (I am beginning to think I really just don’t like dancong) but it isn’t quite as good as my Milk Oolong from Mandala. I supposed it’s worth a solid B, and a recommendation from me. I guess if you like green oolongs give this a shot. There are much worse teas out there.

Sara’s Advent calendar, 21. It’s old enough to drink. Tea.

Ooh, this is a Taiwanese oolong… from Adagio, okay. Wow, it smells nice, a bit grassy. The taste is nice, grassy and vegetal and buttery and a bit sweet. It feels very smooth going down. I wonder where they sourced this from. It’s very nice. I also wonder how well it would steep gong fu style. I’ll bet someone here has done so… yes, sounds like it does well.

Summer Vacation! I made this cuppa at work, and I don’t think I’m noticing the weird taste? So maybe the overnight soak in baking soda and lemon juice worked? But then, I’m not familiar with this tea, so maybe I’m not noticing it because I’m just not used to how this tea should taste… who knows. Not willing to write off the problem quite yet, but hoping for the best for my poor work kettle…

I got this tea from Meowster’s most generous de-stashing, so thanks so much, Meowster!

Anyway, made 4.8g in 470ml (my Mo Willams Pigeon mug at work is a big 16 oz mug! But it’s so adorbs and fit for a librarian~) western brew style in a gravity well infuser, 185F. Will have to try gong fu some other time, there is no place for that during work (and honestly, when have I even found time at home recently?)

The mustard yellow infusion has a soft, floral aroma, a bit sweet, and a little fruity. The flavor has notes of marigold, honeysuckle, orchid, papaya, jackfruit, and honey. The tea is very sweet and smooth and just a little buttery, and while the taste comes off quite light and delicate, there is a strong floral coating of the tongue in the aftertaste, and some mild drying/astringency.

Hopefully I’ll get a few good infusions out of this over the course of the work day.

This tea was too light— someone made it for me, so it could have just been them, but not much of the sweetness came through.

An amazing tea Sample two from amanda"soggeyenderman"wilson

When I smell the leaves dry, I smell flowers.

When I smell the leaves wet, the smell is intensified.

When I smell the brewed tea, I smell sweet flowers.

When I taste the brewed tea, I taste sweet flowers that remind me of peaches.

I rate this a 100 because it tastes really good.

Many thanks :)

Tea specs from iPod:

10g

180• water

1 min steep

Note: while I love this tea, this one is not the best must try ASAP tea

I really enjoyed this – I have been experimenting with new oolongs, and this one is very fresh tasting. I also love how economical it is, getting many infusions out of just a teaspoon!

Brad – musky and not great
Sarah – didn’t like
UPDATE – after trying it again, we both enjoyed it. May not order Adagios again, but would seek out other jade oloongs.

Drank Sunday . . . Now I’m out.

This is definitely on the green side of oolong, and is similar to the other “Jade Oolongs” I’ve tried, Tung Ting and Pouchong. It’s a bit more minerally and astringent and less flowery than Pouchong, and very close to the Tung Ting from TeaSource I tried. Its hard to define the difference, except I’ve heard this tea described as “clean” and that seems to define it—a characteristic like rainwater or almost more like an herb tea rather than grassy. It’s the kind of tea I could see myself drinking all day, yet not one I’d want to drink every day. A good, solid tea, but not one I think destined to become a favorite.