Shang Tea

This tea is amazing. It was love at first aroma. It is a light black tea. The orange blossom flavor sweeps over you first, followed by a light, crisp black tea flavor that balances and compliments the orange blossom.

It’s like Southern California in the spring…on a warm evening, near an orange grove when a breeze picks up the scent from the orange trees and it envelops you, perfectly sweet and intoxicating, so that you instantly stop moving and close your eyes trying to savor the moment as long as possible! This is Tangerine Blossom Tea by Shang Tea.

The flavor is natural; infused. And it is a continuum of flavor, not a riot of competing flavors. It is truely beautiful and relaxing.

I think a rating of 100 says it all and nothing has changed for me – this is still just a heavenly, lightly floral, stunningly smooth tea. I did use less leaf than normal this time and shortened up the steep time just a tad to see what would happen. It is still a marvelous tea but the shorter steep time makes the floral not quite as in your face. I like it both ways!

I mainly just wanted to add that it is a very good swap for jasmine tea with Chinese food. :)

Just had to add this note. This was the tea I drank all day at work today. The smoothness of this still amazes me. I guess it is from being an oxidized white tea?

Anyway, I wanted to add that I steeped this 5 times today, using about 10 oz of water per steep to 1/2 tablespoon of leaves. I steeped the last time for 5 minutes, but it still had a very nice floral tone. The 5th steep was not as strong as the first, but it was still very good and nicely flavorful.

Very smooth. The tangerine taste is very understated and complements the fermented white tea leaves perfectly.

I love this tea. I tend to start the day with a red tea and this is often the one I choose. I find it smooth and the added tangerine flavor a delight. I get four steepings — the first two are for 1 minute, the third for about a minute and a half, and the fourth I let sit on the leaves for a long time. My favorite is the second and I savor that one. The first steeping and part of the third go into a thermos cup to enjoy during my commute to work.

I like this tea — it is a delicate, rather than strong and pungent oolong and, like Shang’s other teas, retains some of its white tea origins even when not in white tea form. I found that I liked it best when I steeped for the maximum time of his recommended range and put in a slightly larger quantity than he recommended. On the other hand, Shang has pointed out that Americans tend to like their teas stronger than the way they’re made and consumed in China, i.e. in China there’s more emphasis on the delicacy of tea, whereas I think in the U.S., perhaps because of our history of drinking coffee or tea from Lipton’s tea bags, many prefer them stronger.

For me this is a mood tea, by which I mean that sometimes it’s striking, pungent flavor feels like just the right thing and sometimes it feels like it’s too much and too bitter and I can’t handle it.

I agree exactly with Teafreak. This is a good red tea, and while not outstanding in the way that Shang’s Golden Needle is, it is pleasant, warm, and radiant and has a kind of delicacy derived from its white tea base.

Has become my go-to daily drink. I love this tea. Brisk, full, lovely color, smooth and good hot or cold. Fantastic quality tea.

This tea has a very different aroma from other white teas I have had. I can’t quite place it, but it seems so familiar and its wonderful. It tastes great too. Definitely something new and different for me.

This is a special and delicious red tea: sort of radiant, energetic, warm, and almost sweet but not quite. I suspect that the fact that it’s made from the white tea plant contributes to its special, elevated and elevating quality.

This tea has an amazing, subtle delicacy — sort of like angelic white peony. Have never had anything quite like it. If you like scented teas, such as jasmine, this pao blossom white peony is like an ethereal version of such teas — like being transported to a higher plane. I gave some to a woman who works in my building and she said it cured her of a bunch of physical ailments!

Both of Shang’s jasmine white teas are exquisite and intoxicating. My wife is not a real tea drinker but Shang’s jasmine whites are the only ones she ever requests. Also maintains that they make her feel generally better. i myself prefer unscented white peony, I concede that this jasmine white is lovely.

This tea is superlative. I would have to say that it’s my favorite of all of the white peony whites I’ve ever tasted. I’ve never had a bad one, because white peony is my favorite of all teas, but Shang’s White Peony King, which is his top grade grown on his own white tea farm in China, is perfection.

This is a nice Jasmine right here! Not IN YOUR FACE but enough to say…ahhh…Jasmine! I love the white tea taste with the Jasmine, too! Very nice!

Without question – this is my favorite tea from Shang. Not only is it delightful in scent and flavor – you actually FEEL better after drinking it. It can help lower your blood pressure! That’s just one of the many benefits of the pao blossom. I can’t describe how much I love this tea. I’ve always loved tea but this tea made me a daily drinker. Don’t over steep it! It’s a quick brew!

http://sororiteasisters.com/2011/01/31/wild-white-tea-from-shang-tea/
FULL Review!!!!

Fresh! Pure! Pretty! Tasty! Smooth! Somewhat Floral aftertaste.
Special Thanks to LiberTEAs for this one!

I have been dying to try this tea since I purchased this a month ago and I finally splurged today. This has a wonderful perfume-y taste. I was thinking jasmine. But then reading the other reviews, I would say more like orange blossom water. The tea base is smooth, warm. As this is some type of fermented white tea , the brew is light and somewhat caramelly. It is quite different and I would definitely recommend it.

Floral and Fruit notes are wonderful both in aroma and taste! Very creamy…naturally! Delicate, sweet, clean…very nice!

This is a FAB peony…very posh!

OMG! I used the word “posh” in a tea review! FINALLY! I can now rest! Mission Accomplished! :P

I don’t want to give this one a BAD rating because I think if someone REALLY likes Jasmine they would adore the fact that it’s intensely jasmine. BUT…I can take or leave Jasmine MOST times. Doesn’t really get much of a rise out of me…so…when I tasted this I was thinking WOW that’s a lot of Jasmine…I wasn’t necessarily in LOVE with the taste because there was a bold bitterness left over from the intense jasmine taste that lingered. BUT…like I said if you like Jasmine you will probably like this…just a little TOO MUCH Jasmine for my taste buds.

According to description claims, quality, aroma, and accuracy to the product description I would probably base my rating…of an 80 but since it’s not really for me…I would say more like a 55-60 based on my own tastebuds. I will meet in the middle for ratings sake here.

As LiberTEAs mentioned – this tea is perplexing! It says it’s a white tea but it’s really a black tea! :)

Perplexing isn’t always a bad thing because the aroma and flavor of this one is wonderful! VERY aromatic and flavorful! It tastes like tangerine zest or ‘skin’ more than actual tangerine-juiciness. That flavor paired with a heavy floral flavor and tea tastes make this what it is.

I like this because of the tangerine-zest type taste and like I said before…the aroma is out of this world!

If you are ready for a wild ride…try this one out…it will surprise ya!