Gemini

I’ve been drinking quite a lot of pu’erh lately, so this is a welcome change. It’s light, floral with hints of honey, apricots and peaches. Looks very pretty too.

Ordered Pisces blend for my friend as a gift and even with the box closed it smelled SO good that I decided I must order it for myself as well.
Ordered from Mandala tea for the first time; exited to try all the new pu’erh teas.

Possibly my favorite of all the Zodiac series teas I’ve tried. It’s light, it’s deliciously fruity (one of the few teas where I definitely know what fruit flavor it is), it smells really good. It made me realize I like white tea and I need to drink more of it. Also one of the prettiest tins; when it’s empty, which it will be soon, I’ll keep it to store jewelry or something.

Loved this. A refreshing summer blend, great iced.

I bought this tea because I’m a Gemini. And because it sounded sweet and divine. I wasn’t paying attention when I made it and only put a teaspoon of leaves in the filter for my 8oz Starbucks tumblr, but I steeped it an extra minute or so and it was quite flavourful and intense. I think this will taste really good as iced tea in the summer, too!

Gemini. Adagio.
Lot no. 94008. F.B. (illegible)
When cutting open the pouch, my fingernail scraped off the “Fresh By” date, which is why it was illegible. Oops.

I used the entire 2.5 g leaf from the “Portions Packet” which was part of a gift arriving with my first order. Steeped as directed, Western-style: 2 min in 8 oz. 180°F alpine spring water, using a stainless micropore infusion basket. I re-steeped once with the same parameters. The aroma of the dry leaf was reminiscent of Adagio’s “White Peach”, but somehow a bit more complex and a lot more restrained. As the steeping progressed, the aroma became more vegetal, and I worried that the lovely peach flavor would be lost, but it wasn’t.

Wow, this was just mouthwateringly delicious to me! The peach and apricot tastes were there, but without overpowering; the apricot and apple pieces lent a subtle sweetness to the tea such that I didn’t bother adding any sweetener; although I saw fragments of rose hip, I did not experience any tartness (probably masked by the apple’s sweetness), and there were floral notes wafting in my nose suggesting the rose petals were contributing in balance with whatever the base white tea was providing. I’m not real experienced with white teas, so I could not identify the base of this blend, but I did get notes of tea-like flavor, adding to the complexity. As I greedily slurped, I noted vegetal depth arising, likely from the tea leaf, the marigold flowers, and possibly the fruits. The second infusion (re-steep) was almost identical, so I would combine the two liquors in the future, for simplicity. No bitterness or astringency was noted. The lingering aftertaste was similarly complex and pleasing. I definitely recommend this tea, rate it as 95, and have already added a big bag of it to my Adagio shopping cart for the next order!

This was a free sample from an Adagio order. My sun sign is a Gemini and I like peach teas quite a bit so I was curious to try this.
The dry leaf smells like gummy peach rings which were a favorite growing up. The steeped tea has a candy-like peach flavor as well. The peach reminds me of AU’s Dark Iris tea although that one had an oolong base instead of a white tea base. The white tea does come through and is vegetal and floral with a slight sweetness. I still prefer Dark Iris over this one because of the oolong base and complexity that one has. This was a pleasant cup and tasted better than I had anticipated.