Supreme Bi Lu Chun Green Tea from Grand Tea

supreme BLCTea Information:

Leaf Type:  Green

Where to Buy:  Grand Tea

Tea Description:

Grand Tea’s Supreme Grade Bi Lu Chun consist of 1-2 cm size buds. As expected from such top notch tea, the flavor is smooth, light and delicate. The distinct sweetness from the bud make it really stand out.

Due to the very high demand of high quality tea in China, such small quantity fine tea usually never leave China and reach the mass market. We are fortunate to have 20 kg of this very best Green tea. So don’t wait to long before order, I promise it won’t last very long.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

There’s something just so … lovely about a top notch Bi Lu Chun like this Supreme Bi Lu Chun Green Tea from Grand Tea.  The leaves are so beautiful, so tiny and tender and covered with soft, fuzzy down.  They look, smell and feel so fresh.

The brewed liquid is very pale green and it has a delightfully delicate flavor.  The sweetness is so profound … like a sugary sweetness!  It has a smooth taste that is softly vegetal with hints of butter-like notes.  There are layers of flavor to this as well, and I can pick up on whispers of fruit and floral notes, as well as a sweet, nutty tone in the distance.  As I continue to sip, the nutty flavors come a little more into focus, but, these flavors are never strongly pronounced.

That’s because the overall cup is so beautifully delicate.  This delicate quality doesn’t allow the flavors to come through strongly, instead, it beckons your palate to discover them.  It’s a tea that you want to sit and consider rather than one that you want to rush through.  This tea wants to take things slowly with you and allow you to discover the flavors and enjoy them as they’re revealed.

This Supreme Bi Lu Chun is truly an exceptional Chinese green – and it’s a tea that should be experienced by every tea drinker out there!

Twisted Green Tea from Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company

twistedgreenTea Information:

Leaf Type:  Green

Where to Buy:  Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company

Tea Description: 

OOOhhhhh….  this is the best Taiwanese Biluochun we’ve had in a while.  Don’t miss out on this fantastic tea from SanXia.  BiLuoChun is an early spring tea picked when the leaves are small.  It’s best when it’s fresh and has a very unique aroma and flavor.  Words from the adjective bucket include: Smooth, Fresh, Delicate, Earthy, Aromatic, Delicious… and Satisfying!

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

LOVELY!  This is the first tea that I’m trying from this new-to-me company, and I’m happy that I received several from them … I’m happy this won’t be my last!  This Twisted Green Tea from Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company is absolutely delightful!

The dry leaf has a beautifully fresh fragrance that is vegetative with a hint of earthiness in the background.  It reminds me of spring.  Like the fresh morning air following a night of rain in the spring.  So many of the teas that I’ve been trying lately have been very reminiscent of spring and I love that!

The overall flavor is delicate, but there is a lovely complexity to it.  The description above suggests an earthy taste to the cup, but, I don’t really get a lot of earthiness to the taste, and I smelled more earthiness to the dry leaf than I am tasting now.

The flavor is sweet and smooth, with notes of cream.  The creamy notes are somewhere between butter and vanilla, and this taste marries beautifully with the light vegetative notes.  The vegetal notes here are much softer in taste than either the dry leaf aroma or that of the brewed tea would suggest.  I almost want to describe what I’m tasting as very lightly buttered and salted popcorn:  sweet, crisp and vibrant with a savory quality that arrives mid-sip.  It’s not quite “popcorn” … but that is the thought that keeps popping into my head as I sip.

A really lovely Bi Luo Chun.  The soft flavors are very relaxing to sip, but there’s a sense of invigoration that comes with sipping this tea too.  It seems to enliven from the inside, reawakening my tired soul while soothing it.  A truly Beautiful Taiwan Tea!