Wild Spring Laoshan Suan Zao Ye

Tea type
Herbal Tea
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Flavors
Herbaceous, Medicinal
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Average preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 1 min, 0 sec 1 g 6 oz / 177 ml

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  • “Another from the TTB, and my impressions of this one are kind of all over the place. Broadly speaking, I found it sweet and enjoyable. But it was also confusing, because through all three steeps I...” Read full tasting note
  • “Finally got around to trying the herbal teas I purchased from Verdant last year. I really liked their Wild Spring Laoshan Gan Zao Ye tea and picked up a sample of this and the Goji Leaf tea to...” Read full tasting note
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This is another wild-harvested Laoshan tea, picked from the Ziziphus spinosa, a spiny close relative of wild Jujube, but with a uniquely sweet and savory flavor all its own. The first steeping evokes sweet plantain, while later brews slowly open up into a crisp and refreshing cucumber flavor with peppery undertones.

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Another from the TTB, and my impressions of this one are kind of all over the place. Broadly speaking, I found it sweet and enjoyable. But it was also confusing, because through all three steeps I made it reminded me more than anything else of a cocoa tea, and then I couldn’t not taste the chocolate notes – even though that isn’t remotely what this is “supposed” to taste like. Super weird!

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Finally got around to trying the herbal teas I purchased from Verdant last year. I really liked their Wild Spring Laoshan Gan Zao Ye tea and picked up a sample of this and the Goji Leaf tea to have some caffeine-free options at night.

Out of the bag, the tea had an intense sweet fruity aroma. It looked and smelled very much like a green tea. In a heated teapot, the aroma turned a bit medicinal. The tea started off tasting like vegetable stew. I got notes of plantain, kale, and zucchini. Then it turned into more of a savory-herbaceous flavor. There was bay leaf and what tasted like ayurvedic herbs. A legume like flavor developed as it cooled.

I wasn’t too crazy about the flavor of this tea. It was more savory than the Gan Zao Ye which actually tastes like camellia sinensis. This one OTOH tasted of medicinal herbs. Not really my cuppa.

Flavors: Herbaceous, Medicinal

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 1 min, 0 sec 1 g 6 OZ / 177 ML

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