Sipdown no. 23 of 2017 (no. 304 total). A sample.
An old sample, one they no longer offer. Made worse by my having apparently prepared it for steeping and then not gotten around to it — leaving the tea in the Finum basket exposed to who knows what.
And yet, I didn’t have the heart to ditch it.
It smells like a combination of flowers and fresh water and it’s a nice, clear, golden color.
I am sure it would have knocked my socks off had I sipped it when it was young (though white tea supposedly ages pretty well) and hadn’t mistreated it. Even after said mistreating, it is a pleasant, dewy, sweet tasting blend with a really interesting sugary finish. Almost like a little pop of granulated sugar in a couple of places in the mouth — entirely unpredictable and infrequent. It happened twice during this cup.
I am almost through all of my aged Samovar samples. I think there’s only one left.
Flavors: Honeysuckle, Nectar, Sugar