Tea: Coconut Pouchong
Type: Pouchong Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Golden Moon Tea
Purchase: Here
Description: There Are Reasons Our Coconut Pouchong is Better
There's mystery to the art of finding and freeing the floral aroma and rich flavor of a pouchong tea. But the reasons Golden Moon's Coconut Pouchong is noticeably better than others are pretty simple.
For one, we use the highest grade teas for the base for this flavored blend – large, deep green loose leaves – where normally leaves of such quality wouldn't used. This makes a difference. And we derive our deep, natural coconut flavor from real coconut milk, instead of the artificial flavoring employed by most other blends.
The difference is real, present and unmistakable, and its why our Coconut Pouchong won "Best Tea" at the 2007 World Tea Expo.
Ingredients: ?
Steep Information:
Amount: 2 heaping scoops (i didn't want to use all 3 in case i messed it up)
Additives: none
Water: filtered boiling 1 teapot, set to cool a few moments until it was around 195
Steep Time: a little over 3 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet baking coconut
Steeped Tea Smell: baking coconut (not like fresh coconut milk), grassy, vegetal (like some kind of buttered stewed leaves), maybe even a little nutty
Flavor: watery vegetal, again like buttered stewed leaves, very silky smooth mouth feel though
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: coconut, sweet
Liquor: nearly clear, yellow-brown
This was a gift from SoccorMom!
I have never had a Pouchong before. Pouchong - Wikipedia suggested following the directions for Oolong tea.
The tea was very natural tasting, not like two distinct flavors (tea, coconut) being put together, but one flavor that was both tea and coconut.
The vegetal that I dislike in greens was not a negative thing, it was more a nice cooked side dish of greens doused in butter and silky smooth.
The steeped leaves unfurled into beautiful green full leaves! I could swear they were just picked.
I am glad I got to try this as it was good and different, but not a favorite that I would stock up on, but I certainly wouldn't mind having it again.
I never even knew there was such thing as Pouchong before, and I think I preferr this to green now that I know it exists!
Post-Steep Additives: none
Resteep: 5 minutes, it still is silky smooth and delicious, but the vegetal taste is more prominent, the butter is gone, and there is a slight bitter tang at the end of each sip.
Resteep: 8 minutes ? i lost track i kept steeping a bit longer, it still is silky smooth and delicious, but i think it is weaker, MilitiaJim just came home and thinks it's tropical and fine. interestingly this one is not bitter. I tossed the leaves anyway though b/c it's late and i don't want any more caffeine, and I'm getting bored of this one tea flavor all afternoon.
Rating: 2/3
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