White Symphony

Tea type
White Tea
Ingredients
White Tea
Flavors
Cucumber, Floral, Hay, Melon, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vegetal, Astringent, Flowers
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Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
Low
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Michael
Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 4 min, 30 sec 3 g 8 oz / 230 ml

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  • “Sipdown no. 36 of 2014. The last pot is better than this morning’s, perhaps because in an effort to drink it up I went heavy on the leaf. It could also have something to do with having eaten pasta...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Disclaimer: Really out of my element on this testing. Having nothing to really judge it against, will just record impressions and opinion (but take it for what it’s worth right now). This is a...” Read full tasting note
  • “This is my first white tea and I really liked the flavors. The smoothness of the tea and the flavors reminded me mostly of green tea without the grassy flavors. Definitely a good anytime tea. 1.5...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Meh. Nothing special. Had a few sips/half a cup and decided I wasn’t ready for this tea yet. It has a strong scent of something I don’t enjoy, but the taste isn’t too bad.” Read full tasting note

From Adagio Teas

An exquisite version of the White Peony variety, this is a delicate tea made from unopened leaf buds and the newest two leaves to open on the tea bush. For White Symphony, many more buds are included than is typical for classic White Peony. The liquor is very light, similar to Silver Needles. But the flavor is much more complex: faintly floral, warm and sugary like honeydew or white nectarine. Soft mouthfeel and clean, uplifting finish. If you’ve been enjoying White Peony, we invite you to savor this more refined version.

Ingredients: White Peony tea

Steeping Instructions: 195°F / 91°C @ 3-5 min

About Adagio Teas View company

Adagio Teas has become one of the most popular destinations for tea online. Its products are available online at www.adagio.com and in many gourmet and health food stores.

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13 tasting notes

It’s a little like drinking the scent of the forest ground as it wafts up in the early morning. That’s overly poetic, but it’s what I like about white tea—that hint of still growing, still in the earth bitterness. This has bright overtones making it delicious even unsweetened.

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75
55 tasting notes

Adagio’s White Symphony has become a new favorite – slightly sweet and a nice cup while I’m getting some work done.

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75
72 tasting notes

My last cup from this sample tin. Very happy with this white. All the adjectives I’ve used in the past still apply: delicate, sweet, floral. This is a version of white peony (which I love) and is like a white peony with all of its positive traits amplified but still balanced. (If that doesn’t make sense, just think white peony, but better.)

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20 tasting notes

Very similar to white peony (bai mu dan) but slightly lighter and more straw colored. More delicate flavor and slightly less nutty and bamboo notes. It’s light body might deter some by I enjoy it, especially for its versatility: I think it is great for a crisp refreshing iced tea on a hot day, but also as a gently palate cleanser with a hot meal on a cold day.

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 0 min, 30 sec

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75
64 tasting notes

Slightly sweet, not overpowering, but definitely tea. On the way to becoming one of my favorite teas, and possibly my favorite white tea. Good way to wrap up a day of W.B. Yeats.

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This is the last Adagio white tea in my cupboard, and I’m finishing off the sample with another liter of iced tea and one hot cuppa. It’s from a very old order (2017 sometime) but the sampler was still sealed, so at least there was that.

My warm cup is smelling quite floral (but confession, the last thing I brewed was straight lavender to make some scented mists I like to use around Chiya’s kitty boxes) and I also smell mandarin, melon, cucumber, honey, and warm hay. I’m… definitely getting some lavender contamination coming through in the flavor, but honestly? It’s not a bad thing! It’s not a strong oomph of it (I could go deep clean the infuser but probably another use and it’ll be gone, or simply letting it dry overnight… I think it was only using it so soon after steeping my flowers that probably caused the issue) and it’s not at all a bad flavor on this white tea… daresay, maybe I should be adding a pinch of lavender to some of my whites in the future? I do realize that isn’t how it was supposed to be though, and does little for a proper review though. Oops.

Tasting around the lavender, I am getting a hay vegetal flavor, as well as cucumber and melon notes. It seems quite sweet to me, but that may just be the floral contamination. My iced tea, however, has no such issue. It has been in the fridge a little longer than I should’ve kept it, but that aside, I am getting a grassy/hay vegetal flavor, the cucumber note seems a little more pronounced, and there is a subtle watery melon note. It’s very crisp and tastes a lot like a clean green tea iced.

Flavors: Cucumber, Floral, Hay, Melon, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vegetal

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 g 12 OZ / 350 ML

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100
1 tasting notes

This tea is more essential to me than Arch Linux is to my PC running smoothly.

Flavors: Astringent, Flowers, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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95
4 tasting notes

Lovely, lovely white. I’m not very experienced at describing tea, but this one was full of interesting and pleasant flavors. Delicate but not boring.

I’m not usually a fan of unflavored greens and whites; I drink them when I’m sick because it’s the only kind of tea I don’t care to add sugar to. But White Symphony is almost too good for that — certainly not worth wasting on those sick days when my sense of smell and taste are diminished. I could almost drink this tea every day, and that is an unexpected compliment from someone who typically sticks to unflavored blacks.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 4 min, 45 sec 2 tsp 4 OZ / 118 ML

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65
19 tasting notes

This tea isn’t doing much for me. Kind of a generic white-ish tea. Someone else mentioned it was vegetal to them – not a description I would have come up with on my own, but I can get it now that it’s been pointed out.

I got pulled away from my desk shortly after I steeped the tea, so it might be better at its steeping temperature (rather than ~120ish). When I try it again, if I like it more, I’ll upgrade the rating.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 4 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 10 OZ / 300 ML

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15
6 tasting notes

The notes in this tea are so subtle, you might as well be drinking plain water.

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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