Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Shan Valley
Tea Description:
Valley Green Tea is our premium tea harvested year round. It has a subtle, fresh and well-rounded taste.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
This Valley Green Tea is the last of the four teas from Shan Valley that I’m tasting, and I’m very happy to say that I found enjoyment from all four teas. These teas from tea farms in Myanmar are really quite good, I’m glad I had the opportunity to try all four! I don’t know that I could select a favorite of the four because I found something in each that I liked. These teas from Shan Valley are really good, and I recommend them highly.
I really like this Valley Green Tea. It’s one I’d call a “daily go-to” type green tea – it has a very pleasing flavor: not too overpowering, just a fresh and calm sort of taste that I like to sip when I just want a good cup of green tea. Not something that I need to sit and think about … just something that’s easy to enjoy.
The flavor is very uplifting and it has more of a classic green tea taste: fresh, leafy and vegetative. The vegetal notes are somewhere between grassy and very lightly buttered beans, leaning just a little more toward the grassy flavor. I like that even though this has more of a vegetal taste than a “toasted nut” type flavor that I noticed in the Mountain Roasted Green Tea, the “green” flavor isn’t overwhelming.
It’s just a soothing, enjoyable cuppa. Great to drink with meals because it doesn’t have any strong, detracting flavors. It has a nice, smooth texture and a refreshing taste. I especially like this one iced with a thin slice of lemon. Or try brewing up a pitcher of it and squeezing in some fresh grapefruit juice – delicious!
