White Tea Riesling

This tea has been retired/discontinued.

Picture of White Tea Riesling
Brand:Vintage TeaWorks
Style:Flavored White Tea
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Region:Blend
Loose/teabag:Loose

This tea's info last updated: Mar. 5, 2018

Commercial Description

Inspired by 
Riesling, we blended natural ingredients to create a white tea blend
 that is light, aromatic and playful. Honeysuckle, jasmine, apricot and 
lemon combine to celebrate a few of the unique characteristics of
 Riesling.

Brewing Instructions: (from Vintage TeaWorks)

1.5 tsp, 165F, 3-4 mins.

Ratings & Reviews

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Reviewer pic67 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
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I had the opportunity to sample this tea at World Tea East, and speak to this company's founder, Brandon Ford. I was not only impressed with the teas, but with how Brandon's description of each tea meshed with my experience of it--I find it hard to capture the qualities of tea in words, so that was impressive.

I found this blend to be sweet and very mild, with a strong fruity aroma, suggestive of stone fruit (apricot and peach). It was hard to tell where the tea ended and the flavoring began, which was a good quality.

I can't say much about steeping because this tea was prepared for me, but I was very impressed. I tend not to like flavored white teas at all, usually because the base tea is weak and completely overwhelmed by the flavoring. However, I thought this blend was an exception, and was very well-executed.

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about wine, but I will say that this tea did have a lot of wine-like qualities. It was more like a sweeter white wine, not quite suggestive of a dessert wine but tending in that direction. There was little sourness or bitterness, and the dominant aroma was fruitiness.

Don't take my 67/100 rating lightly--I normally can't stand sweeter-tending flavored white teas, and I also tend to be very harsh on blends in the higher end of the price range, so this one was really outstanding for me. As a pure tea enthusiast whose tastes tend towards bold and bitter qualities, that is somewhat of a big deal.
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