Snow Dragon from Imperial Tea Garden

by liberteas

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  White

Where to Buy:  Imperial Tea Garden

Product Description:

Snow Dragon white tea is a fine example of what an exquisitely hand crafted what tea should be.  Each dragon is twisted by hand from select downy covered leaf buds.  Hints of jammy pugnency are released as the tiny snow dragons roar back to life.  Repeated steeping can be yielded from this premium white tea.  Careful inspection of the infused tea leaves reveals why this is such a highly respected white tea by connoisseurs.

Taster’s Review:

This is amazing.  I’ve tried a lot of white teas.  This is my favorite.  It’s new to my list of favorites (since I’m only just now trying it), but, I truly can’t imagine coming across something better than this!

The dry leaf is so beautiful… spun into tiny spirals that look a lot like my favorite perm from the 80’s (haha!)  They slowly unfurl in the hot water to create one of the palest liquors I’ve seen:  a very pale, golden amber.  Gorgeous!  And because they unfurl so slowly, they beg for multiple infusions (I managed 6 flavorful infusions from the same leaves!)

I am finding it difficult to come up with descriptive words for this tea, because every time I take a sip, words escape me!  All that I can think is “wow!  this is so good!”

But I shall try to tell you what I’m tasting.

Even though the liquor is incredibly light, the flavor is intense and complex.  Light… but intense.  If that makes sense!  (Yes, this tea is so good that I’m finding myself writing in rhyme.)

At the start of the sip, a delicate sweetness greets the palate, and then without warning the palate is hit with a pungent floral quality that is sharp, slightly bitter and sweet all at the same time.  There is an underlying tone of fruit that begins to come to the surface just after that pungency subsides just a little, and becomes a sweet yet savory kind of taste.

For being so light-bodied and a white tea at that… this tea really loads the palate full of flavor!

I LOVE this tea and I want more!

liberteas

Anne (aka the Mad Tea Artist) has celebrated her 29th birthday for many years now. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her hubby and her youngest daughter. Her oldest daughter is married and has bestowed Anne with the proud title of "Gramma" and her grandson is about the cutest boy you ever did see. Anne started her journey with tea as a casual drinker and became more serious about her tea drinking when she realized that she couldn't drink coffee. Shortly thereafter, she started becoming obsessed with the beverage and she started creating small-batch, artisan blends of tea that she sold online as LiberTEAS. After a few years, she realized she wasn't cut out to be the sole proprietor of a business so she closed LiberTEAS and started reviewing teas online. She met Jennifer through another blog that they both reviewed for and they decided to start their own review blog. This review blog! Throughout her journey as a tea reviewer, she discovered 52Teas and became enamored with the idea of creating a new tea every week. When the founder of 52Teas decided he wanted to move on, he offered the business to Anne but knowing that she wasn't cut out to be a sole proprietor, she instead offered the company to her oldest daughter who employs her as the Mad Tea Artist for 52Teas!

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