Canton Tea Co

My cup today is the first from my new Yixing pot, which I seasoned overnight. I still think that clay is the best material for brewing Chinese and Taiwanese teas.

Not as rich as I would like to be, but decent so far. Will try more.

Still yummy. Good for multiple infusions, too. Tiny glass gong fu teapot works well. (100ML)

I prepared this with a little more leaf, and nutty/creamy notes emerge. Nice.

Fresh and delicate.

perfect tea to end my weekend at the beach with ;)

I received this lovely tea from TeaEqualsBliss; I was really excited to try it since I am a jasmine pearl lover. I used 1 tsp of pearls per 8oz of water and steeped for about 3mins and then let cool for about 15mins before I enjoyed my cup. The jasmine flavoring was authentic tasting and sweet, the silver needles made for a very clean, yet very slightly grassy tasting tea. Very well done and I can’t wait to try a second cup blended with a peach white tea, I have a feeling that with be DELISH with these pearls!

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Very light, green, and sprightly. Do not oversteep. This stuff is strong and will become bitter and disagreeable.

Very light, clean and delicious. Starts out floral, but takes on a savory note in the finish. Intriguing.

For this review I decided to brew this tea using a two-cup glass teapot. Canton Tea Co’s website suggests using 1 tsp of pearls per cup, which is difficult to estimate using pearls, so I believe I added about 35-40 of the small pearls to the teapot. Continuing to follow the directions, I steeped the pearls about three minutes, stopping to taste the tea after two minutes (the website had recommended 2-3 minutes).At two minutes, the taste really wasn’t very far developed, but I could already tell that this was one very sweet tea.
With the dry pearls, one could very much smell the jasmine, yet the scent was not overpowering, nor was it almost sickly-sweet, as some teas are that contain jasmine. The aroma of the brewed tea was even less bold and had an even softer nose, with only faint hints of jasmine.
Upon taking the first big sip, the tea flow smooth and thick across the tongue, and the fruity sweet taste of jasmine infiltrated my entire mouth. If a flower could be described as being delicious, this would be the epitome of such a description. The amount of jasmine is enough to lend great character to the tea, while not completely dominating it.
The website recommends steeping this for at least three separate infusions. I most certainly shall.
On my personal enjoyment scale, I rate this tea an 85/100.

Smells good. Looks exactly like dried grass clippings. It has a light, very slightly grassy taste. No complaints. Very solid white tea. I think I could drink it all day… and just might.

Fruity, smoky, sweet, and weirdly robust, yet refined. Delicious, but one of the strangest teas I ever tried.

Extraordinary tea. Everything a good Keemun should be. Winey. Slightly smoky. Wonderful.

Sweet and delicate almost a sugary finish…all other notes seem to still apply from my previous post

Silver Needles are beginning to bore me…
It’s almost like the new Earl Grey – everyone seems to have one, ya know!?

BUT…

Canton has a LOVELY Silver Needle! Very crisp and clean and YUMMY!
Makes your mouth water and you crave more!

Delish!!!

Sipdown #5 of the day! I LOVE THIS ONE! I’m missing this already!
This is certainly in my Top 50 teas of all time!

I love the tomato-E, Artichoke-E Bread-E type aroma and taste to it. Makes me want Brichetta

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Brilliant in EVERY WAY! Check out my previous notes! LOVE this one!

Finished up the last of this in my stash earlier this week and I’m sad to see it go! It’s truly a great and memorable tea! Check out my other tasting notes!

4th infusion – over infused – nearly 20 minutes – just for kicks…VERY sweet! Smooth…still very flavorful but much lighter in color. YUM! The sweetness of the 4th infusion really surprised me! D-Lish!

3rd Infusion – still flavorful – but much more smooth and the smoothness lingers.

I really REALLY like this tea! I have reviewed it several times before both on Steepster and a few other sites!

Take a look at a lengthier review HERE
http://sororiteasisters.com/2010/07/30/bai-lin-gong-fu-tea-from-canton-tea-company/

Today – I had a cup hot! Which was the first infusion. The 2nd infusion was cold…BOTH wonderful! I am going to try additional infusions on this right now…stay tuned…

I also upped my rating! This is a VERY memorable Tea!