Tea Information:
Leaf Type: White
Where to Buy: Lahloo
Product Description:
Snow Jewel white tea is the true queen of teas! Pure elegance! This rare wild Dai Bai silver needle tea grows high in the Fujian mountains.♥ Downy buds plucked in the spring just before they open
♥ Exquisitely refreshing and delicate
♥ Ripe fruits- peaches, lychees, pear
Taster’s Review:
I absolutely LOVE this tea. The aroma is amazing! It smells sweet and fruity, somewhat floral and leafy, and reminds me of the air here in the Pacific Northwest just after it rains (which it does a lot here).
The dry leaves are fuzzy and even though they resemble spears or “needles” – they are light and fluffy. Silvery! And the flavor they produce when steeped is so delightful.
The flavor is delicate and sweet. I can taste peaches! Fresh, delicious peaches! The taste is crisp and slightly vegetative. Clean and invigorating!
The mere act of sipping this tea is truly a meditative process. First, inhaling deeply to experience its sweet fragrance, and then taking a sip and allowing the flavors to develop onto the palate, all the while I can feel the stresses of the day disappear as my spirit rejuvenates.
I love this tea! This is a tea I could drink every day and never grow weary of it.
Snow Jewel from Lahloo Tea
Tea Type: White Tea
Where To Buy: Lahloo Tea
Product Description:
WHITE TEA » SNOW JEWEL
XI HU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA
The Story:
Snow Jewel white tea is the true queen of teas! Pure elegance! This rare wild Dai Bai silver needle tea grows high in the Fujian mountains.
♥ Downy buds plucked in the spring just before they open
♥ Exquisitely refreshing and delicate
♥ Ripe fruits- peaches, lychees, pear“Oh my! It’s an absolute revelation! I’m greeted with this amazing peachy flavour. It’s light and sweet and delicious, making me gulp down the lot.” teatunes
PS Perfect chilled over ice
Tasters Review:
Pure…as the driven snow!
Clean…as the whistle!
Crisp…as crisp can be!
Mouthwatering Masterpiece!
This White Tea – Snow Jewel – from Lahloo is a pure delight! I mean…this is REALLY nice! It’s sweet and I can taste a hint of fruitiness!
If you are a fan of white tea or looking for something different to dive into…try Snow Jewel from Lahloo!
Orchid from Lahloo
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Oolong
Where to Buy: Lahloo
Company Description:
This spectacular fragrant Mi Lan Xiang oolong tea is the work of a true tea master! The beautifully twisted leaves make a fragrant and delicious afternoon tea.
♥ Sensationally sophisticated rejuvenation!
♥ Orange blossom honey, apricot, grapefruit
Taster’s Review:
The dry leaf has a lovely aroma. It is floral with a distant fruit note, and also an underlying musky/earthy fragrance. The brewing process brings the fruit note into focus, and makes the act of inhaling the scent of the tea just before taking a sip almost as enjoyable as the sip itself.
The flavor is delightful – there is a nice fruit taste to it. I can taste the grapefruit and apricot notes as mentioned in the company description of this tea, and the way the sweet and tart meld together here is a very nice experience for the palate. There is a hint of a honey note which gives it a delicious sweetness.
Some of the earthy notes that I detected in the aroma are also presenting themselves in the taste, it isn’t a strong earthy quality, but more of a wood/musk/earth note that offers a nice contrast to the sweeter flavors of the cup.
This has a lighter mouthfeel than many Oolongs that I’ve tried, but, it is nonetheless enjoyable. It is smooth and reminds me a bit of chiffon – it has a lightness to it that is almost “airy” which is quite unusual for a mouthfeel – and even more unusual, perhaps, for an Oolong. But I think that is one of the things that I enjoy most about it is that it is so *different.*
This is a tea that should be consumed hot without sweetener (I think that sweetener would really overwhelm the flavors of this cup and you really don’t want to do that!)
This tea has a very autumnal feel to it – maybe it’s the amber color of the liquor, or maybe it is the earthy quality to the taste, but, it has a very comforting essence to it that reminds me of autumn. It is a fantastic Oolong – one that I would recommend to Oolong enthusiasts!
Long Jing from Lahloo
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Lahloo
Company Description:
XI HU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA
The story:
This year’s Long Jing green tea is a real treasure! Strolling around Xi Hu (West Lake) you can smell the sweet tea flourishing. Legend has it that Long Jing (meaning Dragon Well) should be made with water from the ancient spring it’s named after. Don’t worry, it’s a great tea even made with your local water!
♥ Skilled tea masters pluck only the delicate, whole leaves in the Spring
♥ Indulgently refreshing
♥ Sweet chestnutty, moreish
♥ A real treasure – share it with a friend!
Taster’s Review:
A funny thing about Dragon Well tea… a funny story, actually. It’s one that I’ve probably told before, and if you’ve read some of my Dragon Well reviews you might have already read it. Back when I was first becoming more acquainted with tea – green tea, that is – I had tasted some Dragon Well tea and found it not to my liking. Now, I don’t know if I happened upon a particular Dragon Well that I didn’t like, I don’t know, it could have been the vendor, it could have been a bad year… but more than likely, I think it was MY fault.
Yes, there it is, my friends. I admitted fault. Please don’t tell my husband. I have him trained to believe that I am never wrong.
I think I brewed it wrong. Back then, I brewed all teas with boiling water for 5 minutes. And the tea that I tasted was bitter and vegetative to the point of tasting like freshly mown lawn clippings. It was not tasty. Not in the least. And so I had an unfavorable – and incorrect – opinion of Dragon Well tea for quite a few years to follow.
Since then, I’ve learned a thing or two about the art of steeping tea. And I also think my palate has become a little more appreciative of the more vegetative qualities of some green teas. Both these things have led me to the point where I am able to proclaim that I LOVE Dragon Well Tea!
This Long Jing (aka Dragon Well) from Lahloo is no exception. It is smooth, rich, buttery and delicious. It has a pleasant chestnut-ish flavor, slightly roasty, slightly nutty, slightly sweet – that melds together well with the vegetative quality. It almost tastes a bit like roasted vegetables that have been lightly buttered.
I generally prefer Dragon Well tea hot, because I am of the opinion that the complexity is stronger when it is hot. As tea chills it can sometimes lose some of the flavor. This is still rather tasty cold though, and would make a very refreshing, energizing iced tea. But, I still prefer it hot – with no sweetener – it doesn’t need it! It is tasty and sweet on its own.
Orchid Tea from Lahloo
Tea Type: Oolong
Where To Buy: Lahloo
Product Description:
OOLONG TEA » ORCHID
PHOENIX MOUNTAIN, GUANDONG, CHINA
The story:
This spectacular fragrant Mi Lan Xiang oolong tea is the work of a true tea master! The beautifully twisted leaves make a fragrant and delicious afternoon tea.♥ Sensationally sophisticated rejuvenation!
♥ Orange blossom honey, apricot, grapefruit
Tasters Review:
This is my first time trying Lahloo and I am pretty excited. I never take for granted a new tea…whether it’s new to the market or just new to me!
The smells of this is a little nutty and a little blossomy.
I didn’t really pick up on the apricot notes hinted at in the description but I did the grapefruit and it was an awesome natural flavor. I also picked up on the honey hints, too, and they were lovely!
All-in-All I like this Oolong! Looking forward to trying more offerings from Lahloo!