Another sample sipdown!
After my last note about this tea I followed the advice given by other steepsterites, and used the last of the leaf sample to make a single 8-oz cup instead of a 16-oz one.
I have to admit, it didn’t make much difference. There’s still no appeal to this for me – muted taste, nothing to really grab my interest. I’m downrating this, and I think I’ll just stick with flavoured white teas from now on.
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I loved this one.
From what I’ve read of your blog, I know you find that white teas and black teas have a flavour profile more similar to each other than either have to green teas. I think maybe once I try more straight black teas, I’ll be able to enjoy white teas in a more nuanced way too.
I remember writing something like that. I think it was way back when my white tea experience was bagged tea. I was probably even using boiling water. I no longer really see the black tea similarity. This Teavivre tea was my first experience with higher end white tea and it is still my favorite silver needle. It left me in awe. This was cucumber and melon along with some grassy notes. I looked for my Steepster review but it looks like it no longer exists – that’s weird. My unsolicited suggestion and this is almost blasphemy to a lot of folks but try adding a little sweetener to bring out the subtle notes of white.
I loved this one.
From what I’ve read of your blog, I know you find that white teas and black teas have a flavour profile more similar to each other than either have to green teas. I think maybe once I try more straight black teas, I’ll be able to enjoy white teas in a more nuanced way too.
I remember writing something like that. I think it was way back when my white tea experience was bagged tea. I was probably even using boiling water. I no longer really see the black tea similarity. This Teavivre tea was my first experience with higher end white tea and it is still my favorite silver needle. It left me in awe. This was cucumber and melon along with some grassy notes. I looked for my Steepster review but it looks like it no longer exists – that’s weird. My unsolicited suggestion and this is almost blasphemy to a lot of folks but try adding a little sweetener to bring out the subtle notes of white.