Nov 23
Review: The Exotic Teapot Marigold Meadow Blooming Tea
Jasmine Tea, Marigold Tea, The Exotic Teapot, White Tea Add commentsTroy’s Teaview Snapshot
 | "So bouquet like you'll be throwing the sopping wet bundle at your unmarried female friends to properly publicly humiliate them."
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As I've mentioned many times in my everlasting search for a good blooming tea, they suffer from a number of Paradoxes. In order to get a Colorful visual impact you need to add flowers, which generally release their flavors at Higher Heat, leaves also hydrate faster, and relax/bloom more quickly at higher heats. The best, or to be more specific the least brittle, leaves to use in the manufacture of such teas would be those that are the least oxidized. The problem is that these leaves taste terrible in near boiling water, and by the time the blossom is released the water has grown sufficiently cool that it won't draw much flavor from them.The attraction of a supple, expanding, bountiful bouquet, however, cannot be denied or ignored. The fact that most Blooming teas taste terrible can be forgiven, after all I'm sure there isn't enough garlic, mirepoix, and olive oil in the world to make the Mona Lisa's smile taste like anything but oil, paint, generations of cigarette smoke, and burlap.
The bundle strongly resembled a haystack, being primarily a vertical stack with the two teardrop shaped blooms pointing from the top. When steeped the base expands rapidly and pulls the bundle back down to the bottom of the pot. The blooms open revealing a composite flower with yellow Marigold blooms encircling the red globe Amaranth which are in turn topped with the small white jasmine blossoms. The arrangement blatantly resembles a bouquet in a very clear and appealing way, creating a pleasantly intimate visual sure to add passion to an evening for two (or three, or twelve, I don't judge).
Poured off to my cup the flavor was shockingly approachable and tasty. I wouldn't buy this tea for its flavor, but the flowery cup serves as a gentile resolution to the beauty of the bloom. The flowers are strong, and fully present in the cup, covering the slight bittering of the white tea base I warned against above. I would fully recommend this tea to anyone, maybe not as a daily drinker, but surely as something to add visual punch to a special moment.
— To purchase The Exotic Teapot Marigold Meadow Blooming Tea, or for more specific information on ingredients or the story behind this particular blend, click here to go directly to the manufacturer's web site.
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