Minto Oregon Grown

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea Leaves
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Caffeine
High
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Average preparation
Boiling 6 min, 15 sec 11 oz / 325 ml

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  • “I’ve been looking for something interesting to include in the BBB and landed on J-Tea based in Eugene, OR. The owner, Josh, has an interesting selection of teas and I’m excited to try them all! I...” Read full tasting note
  • “pretty good…it reminds me of a tung ting hong or a jin xuan hong… those teas always make me think of my moms rhubarb pie…110ml gaiwan 8g tea…” Read full tasting note
  • “It being Thanksgiving Day – and given the fact that I’m working – I figured it a perfect time to down at least two pints of an American-grown tea. Not just American, one grown and processed in my...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Not the world’s most amazing tea, but it’s from my home state in my home country. Considering I’m in Oregon, USA, that’s saying something. The leaves are very thin which appears to result in the...” Read full tasting note
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From J-TEA

Over twenty years in the making, we are proud to be able to present to you…Tea grown in Oregon! In collaboration with Minto Island Growers, J-TEA processed the tea grown on the Salem farm into a black tea, similar to a Taiwanese black tea. While this batch doesn’t have the prettiest outward appearance, it brews up nice and rich with fruity and honey-like undertones.

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I’ve been looking for something interesting to include in the BBB and landed on J-Tea based in Eugene, OR. The owner, Josh, has an interesting selection of teas and I’m excited to try them all! I ordered 4 for now and this was one of them. As I’m a born and raised oregonian, I had to give this a try! Oh, and I placed the order late wednesday day night and got it first thing this morning. Granted, I’m only 1.5 hours away, but he packed it up right away and the USPS was at it’s finest!

On to the tea…The leaves are not pretty. More like leaves you that you’d sweep up. Some are large, some are small, broken and whole, all different shades. I was intrigued. I brewed up a cup in my test tube steeper so I could see the leaves. They floated. All of them. Right up at the top the whole time. I waited for some to drop and it never happened. When I poured it into a cup all I could smell was honey. Super sweet and fruity honey. Very nice. Not bitter at all and full of flavor. Overall a really nice afternoon cup when you need a sweet treat.

Terri and Sil this is coming your way! And a couple more from J-Tea in the next round.

Sil

finally here! lol

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pretty good…it reminds me of a tung ting hong or a jin xuan hong… those teas always make me think of my moms rhubarb pie…110ml gaiwan 8g tea…

TheTeaFairy

Mmmm, mom’s tangy rhubarb pie…I remember those too!

cryptickoi

before she would make the pies mom would always tell us kids not to eat the pink “celery”..

TheTeaFairy

Haha! Don’t eat the pink celery, that’s so cute! As in don’t drink the Coolaid!
I used to eat it raw, no sugar au naturel , I still do, makes me do funny faces :-) It grows profusely in my garden…

cryptickoi

really?i thought it was mildly poisonous when raw..

TheTeaFairy

I don’t know how this urban legend started, that’s why I made the Koolaid reference (oops, just noticed the I wrote it with a C). If I’m not mistaken, the leafy part is somewhat poisonous, that’s probably why people think the «celery part» is too. But I can assure you it is juicy and delicious raw, I’ve been eating it all my life and I still haven’t turn into a mutant, lol!

cryptickoi

thanks for clearing that up…I shall give it a try..

TheTeaFairy

Let me know what you think, but I warn you it is VERY tart, so what you can do is put sugar or a sweetener of your choice in a little cup and dip your stick (ugh, now that sounds funny, doesn’t it???)

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It being Thanksgiving Day – and given the fact that I’m working – I figured it a perfect time to down at least two pints of an American-grown tea. Not just American, one grown and processed in my own state. The leaves for this black tea were picked from a small tea garden as part of the Minto Island Growers outfit. J-TEA International purchased a heap of their leaves and processed them into a black tea product. Similar to a Taiwanese black.

This is my go-to tea when I’m on the go. I can steep it forever, and it doesn’t bitter. The taste is malty, sweet, kinda fruity and…well…’Merica.

I even had to visit the garden it was grown from once WITH the tea in question. (http://steepstories.com/2013/08/14/tea-garden/)

Happy Thanks-Teaing, Steepster.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more
Bonnie

begging! I would love some of this tea to try with Eric at Happy Luckys! (I was born in Portland when my dad was at Seminary after WWII and Eric went to College in Washington). We’ve been waiting for the Oregon tea’s. I’ve had the Skagit Valley tea…very nice.
Is this tea hard to get?

Geoffrey Norman

If I had more, I’d pass some on…but I’ve gone through quite a bit of it in the month I’ve had it. However, it is still available.

Link: http://jteainternational.com/tea-shop/black-tea/ (Top one.)

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Not the world’s most amazing tea, but it’s from my home state in my home country. Considering I’m in Oregon, USA, that’s saying something.

The leaves are very thin which appears to result in the need for longer steep times. I’d go with nice hot water and let it sit until it takes on a greenish brown color.

Unlike many black teas, the flavor is not very strong, which, in my mind, is a big plus. It’s more delicate. I’m not a huge fan of black teas (I could take them or leave them), but this is rather enjoyable.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 45 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Another from tastybrew that i’ve had before and really i’m just trying to drink up since i know there is another round of the BBB Box on it’s way in a week or so when ipick things up from Terri. yes, that’s right TEA SISTERS UNITE! I get to visit with my dearest tea sister in a couple weeks. We won’t have a lot of time, but it makes this stupid work travelling worth it. I will get to play in the garden! And see terri’s sun room…and the porch and it’s going to be awesomesauce!

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I picked this one up after reading reviews from TastyBrew and Geoffrey Norman.

While I probably wouldn’t buy any more of this batch, it was very fun to try. I would probably buy a sample of this year’s production (if there is one) just because of the novelty and to see how things develop. This tea smelled and tasted like watery honey and freshly chopped dandelions to me (the latter being not a good thing). Still appreciate that there is someone is growing tea in the US!

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 15 sec 4 tsp 14 OZ / 414 ML

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Thanks to TastyBrew for including this one in the BBBBox!
The leaves aren’t pretty, they are fragile looking & a little clumpy & irregular.
The tea itself is very gentle, it kind of reminds me of a very light Ceylon with that kind of ‘even’ taste, combined with a little of the fruitiness of a Taiwanese black.
It is, of course, neither tea, but it’s own product of the terroire from whence it came. I’ll use more leaf next time, to see if I can get more flavor, as it was a little bland, at least for my palate. Still, nice to sample it! Thanks TB!

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