Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Special Dao Ren (Upton Tea Imports)

Upton doesn't call this tea a Mao Jian tea, but I think it fairly qualifies as one.  The medium-sized dry, wiry leaf is a healthy medium-dark green.  The wet leaf shows tender medium-sized leaf segments and buds, and produces a medium yellow-to-yellow/green liquor.  The tea's aroma is full but in no way garish, with clean hay and grass aromas and a hint of nuttiness.  It has a medium body, is noticeably sweet and smooth, and a little grassy.  It's refreshing and goes down far too easily.  The aftertaste is clean, lightly sweet, and just above average in length.  The first infusion is charming, the second nice, and the third useable. 

This is a relatively sweet, refreshing, and graceful tea that, while somewhat more expensive than some of the competition, is nevertheless worth its price ($9.80 for 80g) in my opinion. 


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