Many thanks to Angel from Teavivre for sending me this huge bag of samples in exchange for my unbiased reviews.
Inside this sealed zip bag were all of these samples - I was pleasantly surprised!
The varieties inside my bag included: Jasmine "Dragon Pears" Green Tea, Superfine Jasmine Downy Dragon Pearls Green Tea, Organic Silver Needle White Tea (Bai Hao Yin Zhen), Anxi Superfine Tie Guan Yin "Iron Goddess" Oolong Tea, Organic Superfine Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea, and Golden Monkey Black Tea. Each sample was so fresh as each individual bag was sealed for freshness as well.
So far I have tried the Superfine Jasmine Downy Dragon Pearls Green Tea, Organic Superfine Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea, and Golden Monkey Black Tea.
I will start with my review of the Superfine Jasmine Downy Dragon Pearls Green Tea.
Inside the bag were little hand rolled balls of green and white tea leaves, with the aroma of light jasmine perfume. I heated my water to 80 degrees Celsius as recommended and steeped for 2 minutes. This is a wonderful, pleasant jasmine green tea. The jasmine is very light and natural, not perfume - like. There is no bitter aftertaste with this brand, just a buttery taste that lingers without being overpowering as some jasmines can be. This one will become part of my daily ritual as it has a meditative effect for me. Although it contains caffeine it does not make me jittery in any way, even after several cups. The best part about Teavivre is that the price is much better than other brands without comprising the quality. I prefer this one hands down to the David's Tea version, and the price of this one is 1/3 of David's Tea. Excellent quality for an excellent price. Visit the website at www.teavivre.com International shipping is free with any purchase over $40 as well, plus you receive free samples with your purchase.
The following morning I tried the Golden Monkey Black Tea, I steeped according to directions for 1-2 minutes and then added a small amount of milk and sugar to my taste. This is a light black tea but it is nice to accompany breakfast. Although I enjoyed the taste of this one, it was different than my usual breakfast teas. This tasted fresh and clean, and did not leave a sticky feeling in my mouth, it went down smoothly. However, I prefer a strong cup of breakfast tea so think I will try a different black tea next time.
Later in the day I sampled the Organic Superfine Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea. This is picked between March 10-20th, and is a very green immature tasting green tea. It is spring like and reminds me of crisp green peas! This was brewed with 80 degree Celsius water as well for 2 minutes. It got stronger as it steeped and I think I would have liked it better had it been steeped for 1 minute. This green tea has caffeine but is not overpowering. I have not tried a Long Jing Green Tea before and I think this will grow on me over time.
All in all, I still like Jasmine Dragon Pearl Green tea best of the samples I have tried so far. Check out Teavivre for all your tea needs! They even have cute accessories to accompany tea time!
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So far I have tried the Superfine Jasmine Downy Dragon Pearls Green Tea, Organic Superfine Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea, and Golden Monkey Black Tea.
I will start with my review of the Superfine Jasmine Downy Dragon Pearls Green Tea.
Inside the bag were little hand rolled balls of green and white tea leaves, with the aroma of light jasmine perfume. I heated my water to 80 degrees Celsius as recommended and steeped for 2 minutes. This is a wonderful, pleasant jasmine green tea. The jasmine is very light and natural, not perfume - like. There is no bitter aftertaste with this brand, just a buttery taste that lingers without being overpowering as some jasmines can be. This one will become part of my daily ritual as it has a meditative effect for me. Although it contains caffeine it does not make me jittery in any way, even after several cups. The best part about Teavivre is that the price is much better than other brands without comprising the quality. I prefer this one hands down to the David's Tea version, and the price of this one is 1/3 of David's Tea. Excellent quality for an excellent price. Visit the website at www.teavivre.com International shipping is free with any purchase over $40 as well, plus you receive free samples with your purchase.
The following morning I tried the Golden Monkey Black Tea, I steeped according to directions for 1-2 minutes and then added a small amount of milk and sugar to my taste. This is a light black tea but it is nice to accompany breakfast. Although I enjoyed the taste of this one, it was different than my usual breakfast teas. This tasted fresh and clean, and did not leave a sticky feeling in my mouth, it went down smoothly. However, I prefer a strong cup of breakfast tea so think I will try a different black tea next time.
Later in the day I sampled the Organic Superfine Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea. This is picked between March 10-20th, and is a very green immature tasting green tea. It is spring like and reminds me of crisp green peas! This was brewed with 80 degree Celsius water as well for 2 minutes. It got stronger as it steeped and I think I would have liked it better had it been steeped for 1 minute. This green tea has caffeine but is not overpowering. I have not tried a Long Jing Green Tea before and I think this will grow on me over time.
All in all, I still like Jasmine Dragon Pearl Green tea best of the samples I have tried so far. Check out Teavivre for all your tea needs! They even have cute accessories to accompany tea time!
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Correction to my review above. Free shipping is for any purchase over $30 on the Teavivre website!
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