Golden Moon Tea Loose Leaf Black Tea "Rose"

Tea Information: 

Golden Moon Tea

Loose Leaf

Black Tea

'Rose'

Purchase: Here 

Steepster Link: Here 

Steep Information: 

entire sample

212°F

3 min

Mesh basket strainer 

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: floral, rose, perfume, potpourri

Steeped Tea Smell: baky, toasty, hint floral

Flavor: strong floral and rose then moves to perfumy with undertones of bakey and toasty

Liquor: translucent light orange brown

Comments: Did NOT like, bleh!

Post-Steep Additives: milk and sugar

Comments: drinkable now

Photos:

https://twitter.com/CircuitSwan/status/1511696421350785027 

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXImDRekJ8E

https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7083482113940409643

Rating: 1/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

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I purchased this product.

Disclaimer: 

All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.

Golden Moon Tea Company Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Honey Pear'

Tea Information: 

Golden Moon Tea Company Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Honey Pear'

Steepster Link: Here 

Steep Information: 

2tsp

500ml

212°F

4min

Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL 

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: honey, pear. perfume

Steeped Tea Smell: bakey

Flavor: bakey, pear

Aftertaste: perfume, astringent

Liquor: translucent dark orange red brown

Post-Steep Additives: honey

Comments: now bakey, sweet, pear. still perfumy, less astringent

Resteep: 5 min, weak, not worth drinking

Photos:

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

Statement of Sponsorship or Advertisement: 

I purchased this product.

Disclaimer: 

All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.

Golden Moon Tea Company Loose Leaf Pu-Erh Tea 'Pu-erh Cha Wang (2003)'

Tea Information:
Tea: Pu-erh Cha Wang (2004)
Type: Pu-Erh Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Golden Moon Tea Company
Purchase: Tea Insider Club
Description: Using fluffy golden tea tips, Pu-erh Cha Wang has a depth of flavor normally found in the highest Yunnan teas. Whereas most pu-erh's use a combination of machine processed teas from multiple farms, Pu-Erh Cha Wang uses only the finest hand plucked teas from a single estate tea farm. The result is a tea that is smooth, with a woody flavor that has hints of cirtus in the finish.
Origin: Yunnan Province, China

Steep Information:
Amount: 2 tsp
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 1 minute
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: fall leaves, fishy
Steeped Tea Smell: hints of sweet, and dry fall leaves, citrus
Flavor: sweet, bakey, woody, tangy finish
Body: Full
Aftertaste: sweet, barky, and slightly citrus
Liquor: dark, translucent, red brown

Resteep: 2
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 1 minute

more fall leaves, less woody, still tangy finish

Resteep: 3
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 1 minute 30 seconds

sweet, citrus, a little floral, still leafy and woody

Resteep: 4
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 2 minutes

sweet, floral

Resteep: 5
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds

sweet, very light, woody finish

i think it might handle another resteep, but I never drink that much of a tea during work!

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

I purchased this product. All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.

Golden Moon Tea Company Loose Leaf Pu-Erh Tea 'Pu-erh Cha Wang (2004)'

Tea Information:
Tea: Pu-erh Cha Wang (2004)
Type: Pu-Erh Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Golden Moon Tea Company
Purchase: Tea Insider Club
Description: Using fluffy golden tea tips, Pu-erh Cha Wang has a depth of flavor normally found in the highest Yunnan teas. Whereas most pu-erh's use a combination of machine processed teas from multiple farms, Pu-Erh Cha Wang uses only the finest hand plucked teas from a single estate tea farm. The result is a tea that is smooth, with a woody flavor that has hints of cirtus in the finish.
Origin: Yunnan Province, China

Steep Information:
Amount: 2 tsp
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 1 minute
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: fall leaves, mud, acidic
Steeped Tea Smell: hints of sweet, and dry fall leaves
Flavor: sweet, bakey, tangy finish
Body: Full
Aftertaste: sweet, and slightly citrus
Liquor: dark, translucent, red brown

Resteep: 2
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 1 minute

still good

Resteep: 3
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 1 minute 30 seconds

citrus and floral

Resteep: 4
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 1 minute 30 seconds

paler - should have done 2

Resteep: 5
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 2 minutes

pale

Resteep: 6
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Steep Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds

still pale, weaker

Stopped due to time constraints (leaving work) so not sure if i could coax another few out or not.

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

I purchased this product. All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.













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Golden Moon Tea Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Badamtam First Flush Darjeeling'

#teakutuesday
Badamtam First Flush
fuzzy, floral, i like this
cup of Darjeeling

Tea Information:
Tea: Badamtam First Flush Darjeeling
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Golden Moon Tea Company
Purchase: Tea Insider Club
Description: This is the first shipment of Badamtam's First Flush Darjeeling to reach the US. Plucked in March and air shipped to us directly, this tea is as fresh as it gets. The Badamtam Estate is world renown for its First Flush Darjeelings. This fresh tea is incredibly complex, yet well balanced. The flavor boats fruit (white grape skins and cherry), a slight tartness an a refreshing finish. The finish is smooth and evolving with notes of muscatel. Treasure this exquisite tea.
Origin: Darjeeling, India

Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Water: 1000ml at 212°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 3 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: floral (honeysuckle), sweet, a little vegetal, fuzzy white tea
Steeped Tea Smell: slightly floral and vegetal, a little hay
Flavor: sweet melon, a little fuzzy and floral, sour finish
Body: Light
Aftertaste: bakey, vegetal, grassy
Liquor: translucent light brown-orange

as it cools i get grape (red)

My coworkers and I enjoyed this tea.

I guess i forgot to resteep?

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

I purchased this product. All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.

Golden Moon Tea Company Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Golden Bi Lo Wang'

Tea Information:
Tea: Golden Bi Lo Wang
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Golden Moon Tea Company
Purchase: Golden Moon Tea Insider Club
Description: This black tea is quite rare. Skill, labor and patience are necessary to handpick this highest grade of new spring tea buds. Golden Bi Lo is normally the highest grade available, but "wang" which means king in Chinese, designates the very top of the production. This is the best of the best. Produced solely from the buds of the tea plant, the taste is light, delicate yet very rich and naturally sweet.
Origin: Yunnan Province, China

Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Water: 1000ml at 212°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 1 minute
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: malty, sweet, floral
Steeped Tea Smell: malty, sweet, i get a melony-scent
Flavor: sweet, smooth, vegetal with a slight bakey finish
Body: Light
Aftertaste: sweet, almost a sumer melon
Liquor: translucent light orange brown

Resteep:
1000ml at 212°F for 2 min
very dark brown liquor
much maltier
i think i should have done 1:30

Resteep:
1000ml at 212°F for 2 min
malty, vegetal, less astringent, better (prior really ought to have been 1:30), nice and smooth, almost silky

Resteep:
1000ml at 212°F for 2 min 30 sec
good, vegetal

Resteep:
1000ml at 212°F for 3 min
weak, but drinkable i think it could handle another steep but it's time to go home

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

I purchased this product. All my reviews are as unbiased as possible, whether I buy or receive free product. I accept no other compensation other than free product.