White Orchard
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Commercial Description
Made with white tea from China and a hint of green tea, our White Orchard white tea is a harmonious blend of mouthwatering fruits of melon and peach and pure chinese tea.
Ratings & Reviews
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72 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5Tchuggin' Okie (414 reviews) on Mar. 10th, 2025
This is a mutt as tea blends go, with white and green tea, "natural flavors" and white cornflower, but it works out well. A recent stay at College of DuPage's nice little student-run hotel featured a selection of Mighty Leaf teas to chug, including a few I hadn't tried nor reviewed yet. This is the first of those. Since Mighty Leaf teas usually are good quality, and came at no extra charge during the stay, I drank a lot of tea while there. Must stay hydrated!
White Orchard surprised me in a positive way with a rather strong yet pleasant dry and in-cup aromas and flavor, and its good tolerance of more than a couple minutes' steeping for a white-green blend. Those aromas and flavor are consistently a well-balanced, floral/melon mix. Mighty Leaf also advertises peach, but I got much less of that taste than melon. Still, I could taste the tea underneath, perhaps showing the advantage of adding some green to white tea when using prominent flavorings. Overall, it was a well-conceived, smooth and enjoyable fruity/floral tea a little unlike others I've had, but in a good way. Unfortunately, I have a hard time giving better than a middling value rating to even a very good tea that retails for nearly $1 per bag (at Amazon and Wal-Mart, as of this writing)!
67 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 2/5Brytta Sóþword (336 reviews) on Oct. 16th, 2015
Overpriced, but quite tasty. I'm enjoying this more than I do many flavored white teas. I can detect the tea without a problem, in contrast to the previous reviewers who felt the fruitiness to be overpowering. It held up to a second steeping well, though dust collected at the bottom of the cup.
73 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5Phil Hovatter (4 reviews) on Dec. 3rd, 2010
I loved the peach aroma, but the fruit flavoring totally overwhelmed the subtle taste of the white tea. All peach and no tea.
57 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 2/5Alex Zorach (1453 reviews) on Oct. 4th, 2009
The aroma is mild and is mostly of fruit. There is a hint of bitterness, but the tea aroma is overshadowed by the fruit. Overall, this tea is very similar to the "Green Tea Tropical" by Mighty Leaf. This tea tastes slightly more bitter to me and has slightly more tea and less fruit in the aroma, so I prefer it.
While I like this tea, it is very expensive, and I think it is overpriced. For the same price as 15 teabags, you can order about 3-4 times as much tea of a very high grade from any number of sources.
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External Reviews
Our editorial team has selected the following reviews from other websites:
- Mighty Leaf's White Orchard Review - My Steeped IdentiTEA
Sep. 16, 2010
A mostly positive review, commenting on the dominance of the fruit flavorings, overpowering the white tea base, and describing the tea as sweet and not bitter, but having more astringency than expected.
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| Region: | China |
| Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
| Leaf: | Sachet |
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