Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Gorreana Tea
Product Description:
A rare premium grade lightly steamed green tea that stands in a class of it’s own for over a century.
Gorreana’s organic green tea is grown hundreds of miles away from industrial pollution and plucked fresh annually during the summer months of June and July on Europe’s mid-Atlantic volcanic islands known as the Azores.
Noted for it’s long twisted full leafs, sweet flavor and delicate smooth notes this organic green tea is plucked from the bush using only the finest summer leaves then is lightly steamed and sealed immediately all at our eco-friendly estate for optimal freshness.
Taster’s Review:
Like my SororiTea Sister, TeaEqualsBliss, I too had a pretty terrible experience with Hysson in the past. (Perhaps it was with the same tea!) It tasted dusty and downright disgusting. So, I didn’t really have high hopes for this Hysson from Gorreana. Imagine my surprise when I found it really delightful!
The aroma from my cup is vegetative, smelling a bit like a combination of freshly cut grass and roasted vegetables. Yes, there is a hint of roasted goodness in there too.
The flavor is sweet and not nearly as vegetative as the fragrance suggests. Mere hints of grassy tones, but more of what I would describe as a fresh taste. What do I mean by “fresh taste”? Well, think of the air on a bright spring morning following a light rain, when the plants are showing signs of new growth… that sort of light yet vibrant experience… now imagine that as a flavor. That is kind of what I’m tasting from this Hysson right now.
There is also a nutty tone to this tea as well as a fruit note to this that reminds me a bit of green apple. Crisp and sweet, but with a hint of sour too. Not a pucker-y sour, but the refreshing sour you experience when you bite into a granny smith apple.
This is a delicious Hysson, one good enough to change my impression of Hysson tea!
I concur with your thoughts on this one. It is an incredibly delightful green tea. Very Darjeeling green-ish in character.