The White2Tea 2016:
I purchased samples of all the 2016 new line up this year, and I started at the bottom (cheapest) and worked my way up. I did this to taste the profile improvements and variances. I brewed in the same pot with same leaf water ratio. Also, this helps to hone in my palette to identify what’s a good deal and what’s not. At the conclusion of my tasting I will be placing my cake order.
I opened up the package, and this is a very fragrant tea. I was catching whiffs of sweet mineral, shale, seaweed, peat moss, dry clay, and an undertone of apple. The mixture was odd, but it ran together well. I warmed up my pot and placed a chunk inside. The scnets deepened and became predomiently floral with some dry sage and sweet buckwheat honey. The tea gave off a slight stale scent. I washed the leaves and prepared for brewing. The taste is airy and grassy. This was a very light brew. This tea reminds me of a sweet fresh dragonwell with a deeper body. I can taste some roasted greens in the base with a slight astringency in the finish. I pick up green melon and minor lemon notes in later steeping. This tea is very bright and spingy. The aftertaste yields a nice sweet lasting flavor. The final notes yield some slight almond tastes. The qi is heavy and drowsing. My body relaxes more and more with each sip; however, I can note some stomach discomfort. My head grew washy towards to the finish. This is a decent tea, and it carried some odd sensations and scents.
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Flavors: Floral, Grass, Green Apple, Green Melons, Honey, Lemon, Mineral, Peat Moss, Sage, Seaweed, Sweet
