“I’ve brewed this tea twice now with very different results. Thank you to PattiM for sharing your experience brewing with Chicago Tea Garden’s suggestions – this method produced a much softer brew...” Read full tasting note
“Thanks to these damp tea leaves, I now understand the proper meaning of “vegetal.” I won’t confirm whether this is positive or negative… Anyway. This tea is pretty tasty. Lately I’ve been trying to...” Read full tasting note
“Slight green, mostly straw colored with a nutty aroma and taste. Very nice.” Read full tasting note
“I followed the steeping/resteeping suggestions: 1 tsp./6oz. 1. 1 min.—very pale greeny-yellow tea. Sweet aroma with undernote of something more toasty, almost roasted spice. Light flavor with...” Read full tasting note
The freshness of this green tea makes it a healthy choice for an everyday green tea. This tea is a private reserve tea from David Lee Hoffman’s Phoenix Collection. The dry leaves plump up and “dance” when steeped. The leaves have a very vegetal smell and the resulting tea is a sweet, slightly roasted tasting liquor. This tea is made up of tiny tea buds — therefore this green tea will never taste bitter. This tea is pan-fired by hand in Fujian province.
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