Tea: Wild Snow Sprout Tea
A Green Tea from Wild Tea Qi
This tea has been retired/discontinued.
| Brand: | Wild Tea Qi |
| Style: | Green Tea |
| Region: | Yunnan, China |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Loose? | Loose |
| # Ratings: | 3 View All |
Reviewer: Amanda
✓ 338 teas reviewed
✓ 59 of Green Tea
✓ 182 of Pure Tea (Camellia sinensis)
✓ 1 of Wild Tea Qi
✓ 31 from Yunnan, China
✓ 100 from China
Review of Wild Snow Sprout Tea
July 11th, 2013
| Aroma | Flavor | Value | Total |
| 9 of 10 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 87 of 100 |
| Superb | Good | Good Value |
When I first opened the package I thought, is this a fermented tea? It had the rich earthy aroma of a Pu Erh and the smokiness of a mild Lapsang Souchong with just a hint of that 'Asian Market' smell that you get with Pu Erhs. It is delightful and unfamiliar, certainly a new aroma from a green tea.
Once the leaves have been brewed their aroma changes drastically to mildly smoked chestnuts with hints of the vegetal green you expect from a green tea.
The flavor of the tea is very mild and it feels like it cleanses my palate. The flavor is evocative of distant campfires and summer evenings on a lake.
Each infusion brings out something a little different. Sometimes you get more of the vegetal green, other times a grassy green.
Truly a delightful and complex tea.
