310 Tasting Notes
Green, round, dark to the back of the throat, light in the front sides and tip of the tongue.
It’s a medium strength tea. A bit astringent. A slight sweettart (plant, not candy) touch to it at the end.
Finish is comfortable but has a bit of an edge. Yes, as I drink it’s definitely drying my mouth.
Not a fan.
Preparation
Green and it’s fishy up in my nose. A slight bitterness. Sort of yellow. Mildly astringent.
I’m not sure what I think. It’s an odd mix of flavors.
I’ll need to continue a few tastes over time to decide what I really think of this one… So far I like it I think… Odd.
Preparation
Rather pleasant. No astringency, the green tea is soft and a light pale green flavor, the mango sweetness isn’t sweetness… It tastes very lovely balanced with a tiny flowery touch. There is yellow, pink, and a light golden green.
I’m not huge on fruit flavored teas, but this is almost refreshing. Not something I’d have often but nice to get to have tried.
Preparation
A bit sweet, a bit of gold, a little darkness. Some green bitterness at the back of the throat and roof of the mouth.
The sweet wraps lightly around the front sides of the tongue and the gold is a feeling throughout the mouth. I like the sweet touch to this. I’m not usually much for oolongs but this is nice.
Preparation
Very dark and earthy flavor. Short to medium finish that is very, very top of the back of the throat mostly.
Second steep is really sharp almost black. Also a rich brown, coffee-like almost. Thick mouthfeel, yep almost black.
A weird bit of not really there sweetness.
It puts me in mind of a light espresso, really…
Flavors: Earth
Preparation
The earthiness some puerhs have is light in this one on first steeping, not deep or strong. The tangerine aspect doesn’t come across as fruit at all, that sweetness the is still in the rings usually… Instead it gives a pure rind hint to it where the fact that it’s tangerine is in no way clear. It’s just that hint of rind that very vaguely comes from them.
It’s a light and subtle puerh on first steep. Nifty but nothing special to me.
Second steep, much earthier. There’s no clear tangerine influence of any kind detectable unless that bit of bitterness in the back of the throat is it….
Preparation
I’ve had other smaller versions of this type of cup was curious but wary due to the negative points of the ones I owned. After handling and speaking with the vendor at the Coffee & Tea Festival NYC I went ahead and got the 14oz.
It is sturdy, holds heat really well, doesn’t leak, and the brew space between the two lids is quite good for a travel container. I’ve used it a good number of times already this week and am very, very pleased. It is awesome.
Due to bad head math I screwed up my normal tasting proportions, but hey, here ya go:
This is green-yellow in first hot taste. I absolutely cannot think of what food it is that it tastes like, but there is a specific one it hits pretty much exactly. I’m sipping and trying to find it in my memory. The green tones are almost a light asparagus flavor but asparagus isn’t the full thing… those yellow and somewhat golden tones round it out to something else that I just can’t name! Total brain dump.
As it cools it gets to be a darker green with a gentle, gentle bitter to the back of the tongue where it meets the throat.
The finish is sort of flat and rests mostly like a layer over the tongue.
There are zero sweet tones to this tea, but it’s also not strongly vegetal. As said, the greens and yellow are a mix that I can’t place and the green isn’t dark.
I’d not buy this again, but I do think others may like it.
