Sunday, August 18, 2013

Davids Tea's Bai Hao Yin Zhen Review


Bai Hao Yin Zhen (Organic)
This is a true luxury, considered by many to be China’s most famous white tea. To create it, only the downy, silvery unopened buds of the tea plant are picked by hand during the April harvest. How does this influence the flavour and aroma? Connoisseurs rave about its sweet complexity, and about an underlying grassy taste that makes it uniquely perfect.

Price: $19.50 per 1.76 oz/$11.08 per oz... I got this as a free sample.
Preparations: 1.5 tsp, 201 degrees F, 4-5 min.

  • Unlike most white teas, this flavor is not at all weak. Though its flavor is distinctive from your typical green tea, it's similar in that you can rebrew the same leaves and they still taste great.
  • The texture is also really beautiful. If you look carefully, you can even see small hairs of the plant, which is pretty cool. Overall, it gives the impression of being very delicate and soft.
  • Drink it in the traditional hot tea style. The flavor is very hard to describe, but it's very simple and sweet in a very organic way, as if never handled by men (though that's not possible in this modern day world). I wouldn't describe it as "earthy"or "smoky", although it does have a slightly grassy taste reminiscent of nature.
  • It's very relaxing and tastes so good. I would highly recommend this to anyone.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars!

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