Rating: 70
This is one of the packages of tea my friend Todd brought back for me from his China WorldCon trip, so I don’t have a lot of details about the tea or manufacturer. The only English on the packaging reads “Mountain Mengding Tea” (I think this is the brand?) with a Product Name reading “LvMaoFeng(green tea)”. The packaging also has “the water is from Yangzi River, the tea is from Mengshan” written on it. So… mystery mao feng style Chinese green tea!
It’s a very mellow and approachable green tea. Grassy and vegetal, a bit on the garden snap pea side but not too strongly umami. I’ve been mostly making this cold brewed, since I really like green tea prepared that way… I find it very refreshing in the hot weather. I typically add 6g to a liter mason jar and let it steep in the fridge overnight, then strain the next morning. It may be a little non-descript, but easy to gulp down.
My only complaint is these bags of green tea Todd got for me are 100g each, which is just waaaaaaaaay too much tea for me (I never buy such a large size for myself unless it is a heavy fruit tea which adds to the weight and requires a lot of material to brew) so it is taking me absolutely forever to work through this package, even making a liter every day! I’ve been working on it all summer and probably still have another 10-15 cold brew servings left. I’m starting to feel ready to move onto something else, but this also crossed the best buy date in 2023 so I want to use it up…
Flavors: Grassy, Vegetal, Garden Vegetables, Peas, Sweet, Mellow
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Is this a liquid tea concentrate? I am trying to understand the river water you mentioned.
No, that was just some of the only English text that was printed on the package. It’s just mao feng style (long and wirey) green tea leaf.
10-15 cold brews left, wow! I don’t remember the cost at all, but it seemed reasonable with the exchange rate.
Is this a liquid tea concentrate? I am trying to understand the river water you mentioned.
No, that was just some of the only English text that was printed on the package. It’s just mao feng style (long and wirey) green tea leaf.
10-15 cold brews left, wow! I don’t remember the cost at all, but it seemed reasonable with the exchange rate.