Gentle resinous flavours, which warm and restore. Very robust too - huge leaves and a satisfying, grounding effect.
Spectacular floral aroma on first contact with water, followed by fresh apple peel, developing into warming grassiness & finally deep sweetness.
Usually, when I encounter green tea, we need to be careful about temperature and steeping time, or else we'd get a bitter that is just unpleasant.
With Master's Green, however, I can grab a tea pot or gaiwan, grab some boiling water, throw the water in, and immediately extract for a generally nice green tea. It can sit for a few seconds and still be a nice grassiness flavor that reminds me of what matcha would be if matcha were not always a super strong flavor.
Originally, we were pitched this tea as one that won't get bitter, despite how it gets made.
So, I decided to test it:
Got a small tea pot, warmed the pot, put in 5g of Master's Green, add boiling water, and let it sit for ~5 minutes.
Was it "bitter"? Not in my opinion. However, was it too strong? Yes. So just add a bit more water to cut the proportioning, and it became the above written delightful green tea, again!
So in my opinion: test checks out! (^-^)
It can be screwed up, yes, but one needs to TRY to screw it up, and it CAN be fixed afterward. :)
This sacred, magical tea is deeply healing me. I am in awe of this ancient, powerful tea and am eternally grateful to Grass People Tree for helping me return to life.
A stunning fusion of minerality, red fruit and delicate sweetness from the cherry blossom. Unlike many confected cherry blossom teas, with this one no one flavour predominates. The vineous fruit of the red tea is balanced by rocky, savouriness. There’s a dark cherry aroma and flavour as the infusions go on, without losing the light cherry sprinkling, like icing sugar, from the blossom. Beautiful, and recommended as a very successful blending.
Has many of the qualities of balance that Masters Green possesses so abundantly, plus a mellow nuttiness, that makes this a perfect evening or late afternoon brew. Not as zesty as the Green but makes up for that with a relaxing warmth.
Starts with grassy freshness, develops depth and sweetness very quickly (by second infusion) and continues to feel energising and balancing through many further brews. Miraculously, it’s a green tea that can stand 100° water and doesn’t have a trace of bitterness. Beautifully crafted to combine all the green tea essentials: freshness of cut grass, vibrancy and sharpness, thirst-quenching, with sweetness and umami in perfect harmony.
More magic moments to have when my parcel of many different teas arrived. Like reading a poem and then tasting each tea is an experience to be transported by. Thank you Grass People Tea Team for this life affirming experience and excellent service.
Most oolong teas in the market have a bitter taste. Not this one. Steep it for hours if you please, it'll only have a stronger beautiful beyond-words flavor, taste and smell. Thank you GPT!
Lip-smackingly fresh on first brew, like a young green tea, then upliftingly astringent like grapefruit and bitter melon, but sweeter than that suggests. Superb. So glad to have experienced this tea.
Settle some dry leaves in a warm Gaiwan, lift the lid and breathe in poached pear, chestnut. First brew is like peach juice, sweet and a little sour. The aroma in the Gaiwan becomes more earthy, like a forest floor. More brews deepen the stewed fruit flavour, giving way to a more bittersweet, almost phenolic character. It goes on and on, miraculously.
This Magasine is an embodiment of love. Every picture, word, and space between the lines looks and more importantly feels like it was made with love to me, the reader. I want more people to meet CHINESE TEA and learn more about the culture around it.
Thank you for creating and sharing beauty.
The first edition of the LIFE IN CHINA journal is an authentic presentation of Chinese culture through the stories about tea with photography that vicariously transports the reader to the origins of tea before recorded history. Absolutely stunning! I can hardly wait for the next edition.
This bamboo tea tray is a work of fine art and completes my tea making ritual. and looks and feels so beautiful and fine.
Thank you. :)
This is the best flask I have ever had. It is beautifully designed and crafted, feels nice to hold,
so practical and functional at the same time as being beautiful to look at and it makes a delicious brew. Thank you :) <3 <3
I love this little Gai Wan tea set so much. It gives me joy every day and brews magic :) Thank you so much.
This tea is pure beauty. The smell is beyond words and the sense of presence and connection is profound.
I absolutely love the Osmanthus Oolong from Grass People Tree. The scent is out of this world and the taste is very refreshing. This will always be in my subscription box.
My first shipment from Grass People Tree has opened a new and magical portal for me into a beautiful world of the senses and poetry and art.
The tea, the label, the packaging each a poem. Thank you 🌷💗🙏🏼
The immediate grassy freshness of the first brew, transforms gradually - patience is your reward, as the barley milkiness of later infusions is very unexpected and quite a long way from the initial flavour - but well worth the effort of arriving at its mildly roasted, almost oat milk like taste profile.
Like a woodland walk on an autumn evening. The undercurrent of long-ripened fruit, nut brown leaves and stewed berries, all encased in a warming, comforting tea.
I found this tea more satisfying when using a high leaf to water ratio.
Beautiful roasted aroma, rocky and slightly salty mouthfeel, and a long lasting flavour combining both.
This is my first yellow tea, and what a wonderful start! It's floral with a strong scent, soft, smooth and sweet. I've just sat outside in the winter sun and enjoyed the tea while birds were tweeting, and the warms rays let me dream about spring.
I definetly will reorder this! Thank you!
