purple whole leaf
(3 reviews)Recent reviews
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Zell Maestro
The recommendation for steeping on the package was 175F for 3-6 min, so I did 175F for the full 6 minutes. A friend of mine tried this before and said it just came out like hot water for her, so I thought steeping longer with a little extra in the gaiwan would help. It came out a very muted version of a color like red cabbage. Slightly sweet and I got notes of apricot and rose, but a little tannin-y for how long I had to steep it to get any flavor. Maybe next time I'll try hotter temp or larger quantity but steep for less time and see if that makes a difference.
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Tenise Leedom
This was an interesting taste. The purple is explained on their site as a similar to the pigment in red cabbage. Very interesting in it's properties, but I guess I thought the tea would be purple and it wasn't. Brewed up similar to a mild black tea.
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Stephanie C
I'm still not sure where purple tea fits in the spectrum of tea but I thought I would try. First off, absolutely no bitterness and this tea is light and even slightly sweet. There is also a woody flavor. Still not sure where it fits, but it is not a black tea and more than a white or green tea. (195F for 4min)