Gu Zhang Mao Jian Organic - Organic
This tea has been retired/discontinued. Formerly ZG54.
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Commercial Description
A green tea with deep flavor notes and good body, priced for everyday consumption. Rarely do we find a tea with this quality and flavor at this price level.
Brewing Instructions: (from Upton Tea Imports)
2¼ g/cup, 180°F, 3 min.
Ratings & Reviews
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77 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 5/5
Alex Zorach (1452 reviews) on Jun. 7th, 2013
The dry leaf of this tea had the most intensely pleasing aroma of any green tea I have ever encountered.
Upon drinking the brewed tea, it's a little less amazing but still good. There's a lightness and sweetness in this tea that I've only ever encountered in green teas considerably higher in price.
Second infusion has a mushroomy quality that I don't like. Still enjoyable though.
I have noticed that I have really enjoyed mao jian green teas...they tend to be inexpensive relative to how much I enjoy them. Unfortunately, I see that Upton has permanently discontinued this one. The other two Mao Jians I tried were from different regions, and although they looked similar and shared some qualities in common (roughly the same strength and boldness of flavor), their aromas were very different.
Although I loved the aroma of the dry leaf of this one, I think I actually preferred the other two samples, from Arbor Teas and TeaVivre, respectively, in terms of the brewed cup.
Alex Zorach (1452 reviews) on Jun. 7th, 2013
The dry leaf of this tea had the most intensely pleasing aroma of any green tea I have ever encountered.
Upon drinking the brewed tea, it's a little less amazing but still good. There's a lightness and sweetness in this tea that I've only ever encountered in green teas considerably higher in price.
Second infusion has a mushroomy quality that I don't like. Still enjoyable though.
I have noticed that I have really enjoyed mao jian green teas...they tend to be inexpensive relative to how much I enjoy them. Unfortunately, I see that Upton has permanently discontinued this one. The other two Mao Jians I tried were from different regions, and although they looked similar and shared some qualities in common (roughly the same strength and boldness of flavor), their aromas were very different.
Although I loved the aroma of the dry leaf of this one, I think I actually preferred the other two samples, from Arbor Teas and TeaVivre, respectively, in terms of the brewed cup.
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